Kids With Mental Disorders Needs Treatment
Filed under: Anxiety Symptoms, Child Anxiety, Depression, Fear, Mental Health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, panic disorder
No kids should go without medical care.
Stop, let me rephrase to really talk about what I want to say…
I meant, that kids who have mental health disorder should have medical care. period.
It is tough enough for our children to be just kids, but, imagine having a mental disorder on top of all the other pressures kids go through these days. Although, I do not mean to undermine all the other health related problems children face today but having an acute episode of any mental health related disorder is just too much to even think of the hurting that these kids are experiencing.
Can you imagine not having treatment? medication? guidance? a way or format to release?
Well,
The Los Angeles Times – Health reports that only 55% of kids with a mental disorder sought professional treatment.
This to me is a tragic, tragic statistic, although it is higher that previous year there is still too many kids affected not seeking or getting medical treatment.
The LA Times report continues by stating that the National Institute of Mental Health using data from 3,042 kids who took part in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, found the prevalence of six mental health disorders affecting children and adolescents between the ages of 8 and 15.
These are:
* 8.6% had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
* 3.7% were depressed
* 2.1% had conduct disorder
* 0.7% suffered from generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder
* 0.1% were anorexic or bulimic
* 13% of kids surveyed had at least one of these disorders, and 1.8% had two or more.
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