CHILDREN CAN GO DEPRESSED
Most people think that children will have no problems and will not get depressed. It can give the daily problems of children to spoiledness and mischief. An important part of the cases coming to Child Psychiatry are cases with childhood depression. When children with childhood depression apply to child psychiatry, they show different symptoms than adults.
In an adult, there are usually complaints of introversion, weakness, and slowing down in depression. On the other hand, the child may have symptoms such as more moodiness, irritability, behaviors that he has not shown until that day, incompatibility at school, deterioration in friendships, and a decrease in academic success. Since these symptoms are frequently seen in other cases that come to child psychiatry, it is necessary to distinguish child depression well. For example, failure in school and not being interested in lessons are also seen in attention deficit disorder; but the difference is that in the lack of attention, there is not listening and studying for a long time. In childhood depression, these symptoms appear after the beginning of the depression in the child. Likewise, children with conduct disorder have previously impaired relations with friends and society.
The causes of childhood depression can be very diverse.
In cases that come to child psychiatry, causes of child depression can be seen frequently, or it may be for no reason. Children can be affected by most things that adults are not. Such as quarrels with peers, resentment, parental problems at home, divorces. Even if he loses a small toy, depressive symptoms can occur. In addition, for no reason, he may suddenly experience childhood depression. Families should closely monitor the behavior changes in their children. They should visit a child psychiatrist especially in cases of increased anger, not enjoying the games that they used to enjoy, sleep changes, whining more than usual, and not gaining weight. At school, the teacher should observe the changes in behavior and note the decrease in academic success to the parents.
The fact that families try to correct their behavioral problems with harsh methods will deepen the problem in child depression. It will increase the child’s self-confidence problems and the perception of being unloved and will increase the level of depression. Families need to be vigilant about this. They should take their children, who are thought to have childhood depression, to professionals before their depression worsens. They should also show their love more than ever, which the child needs.
