Welcome to Mental Health Guide
Childrens Mental Health Article
. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
You may also listen to this article by using the following controls.
Mental Health Disorders Afflicting Teens and Children
from:Mental health disorders do not solely afflict adults but can affect the younger generation as well. There are quite a few mental health disorders that affect children and adolescents and these young people require a certain amount of care and attention to help them lead normal lives.
The mental health disorders that youngsters experience may range from mild to severe cases and can run for a short period of time or for a lifetime. It has been noted by the NIMH or the National Institute for Mental Health that around 5% of children in the country suffer from one of the most common of mental health disorders, which is depression. The percentage is a bit higher for teenagers, with the number of adolescents known to suffer from this most common of mental health disorders being pegged at 8%. The most common mental health problem that these youngsters suffer from is depression and anxiety, with eating disorders and learning disabilities coming in close behind the two leaders.
These mental health disorders that children and teenagers suffer are often experienced for a short period of time when they go through certain life experiences that bring about these problems. These mental health disorders are often taken care of with the help of mental health professionals who help ease the child through such a dilemma and with the help of the people close to the patient who is suffering from any of these mental health disorders.
One of the most troublesome mental health disorders that require the utmost attention of the children's parents as well as the help of a licensed mental health professional is ADHD or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. This is characterized by a child's inattention and hyperactivity, often seen when he or she is of school age. This problem is categorized in three sub-categories, defined by the symptoms the affected child displays. There is the combined type, the hyperactive type and the inattentive type. It has been ascertained that boys are more likely to suffer from ADHD than girls. The usual solution for this mental health problem in children is often a combination of medication and therapy or just one of the two.
Another one of the mental health disorders that seems to be getting a lot of attention lately are the different eating disorders that afflict teens. Often, you will see this kind of a problem in teenage girls but this can also be seen in pre-teens who believe that they have weight problems. The two most well known of these eating disorders are bulimia and anorexia nervosa.
Childrens Mental Health News
Mental-health services for children in Niagara inadequate, speaker ... - St. Catharines Standard
Mental-health services for children in Niagara inadequate, speaker ... St. Catharines Standard, Canada - Too often, the director of clinical services at Niagara Child & Youth Services hears this question from children who live with mental health issues. ... |
Mentally-ill children 'to double' - The Press Association
Mentally-ill children 'to double' The Press Association - The world economic crisis will play a role in the deterioration of children's mental health, he said. Professor Barry Carpenter, who chaired a national ... |
Grants support creation of Wayne County mental health court - DetNews.com
Grants support creation of Wayne County mental health court DetNews.com, MI - The court is a collaboration between Wayne Circuit Court and the Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency. The administrative office of the ... St. Lucie Mental Health Court's sixth graduation Jan 13 Texas county designates felony mental health court |
Behaviour link to lifelong health - BBC News
 BBC News | Behaviour link to lifelong health BBC News, UK - People who behaved badly at school are more likely to suffer mental health and social difficulties as adults, a 40-year-study of Britons suggests. ... Behavioral Difficulties At School May Lead To Lifelong Health And ... |
La. health agency plans to tap into surplus - Forbes
 WWL | La. health agency plans to tap into surplus Forbes, NY - Jindal proposed the center as a way to relieve hospital emergency rooms of caring for mental health patients and to give police officers a place to bring ... Jindal: New dropout prevention program to begin in spring |
Mental health liaisons laid off - Boston Globe
 WWLP 22News | Mental health liaisons laid off Boston Globe, United States - By Carey Goldberg The state Department of Mental Health, facing a more than $9 million cut in its budget, yesterday laid off nearly one quarter of the case ... State lays off mental health case workers |