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Alert for depression in children
Expert in psychiatry at the Health Ministry said that depression can occur from physical or psychological abuse
Sunday December 25, 2011
Notimex | The Universal
15:00
Depression ranks second in disorders affecting the pediatric population after anxiety, which may result from irritability and stop eating to develop suicidal thoughts.
Daniel Dom?nguez D?az, attached to the Teaching and Research Coordination Services Psychiatric Care of the Ministry of Health (SSA) reported that one of the causes of this disease is a genetic component because if dad or mom suffers from depression , children are more prone to develop it.
'On the other hand also can occur from physical or psychological abuse, which leads to sadness and depression may trigger the' he said in a statement.
It is therefore necessary to pay attention to the signs of depressive symptoms, as can be confused with normal grief because of a fight with friends or problems with a boyfriend or girlfriend, but if the discomfort persists 15 days is necessary to go to the doctor .
'The children who have profound irritability or anger with a duration of at least 15 days, plus discouragement, lack of capacity to enjoy the games, socialization, and sadness, depression may suffer, "warned the doctor.
Depression, he said, ranks second after anxiety disorders more frequently in infants and is more common in girls than in boys, because it is more possible to express emotions and is also associated with a hormonal component.
That is why the patterns of depression are emphasized as girls enter adolescence with the presence of menstruation, but depression can occur from before two years of separation from parents.
'In this case the children are very irritable and have difficulty calming mothers do not respond to his singing voice or tone, lose weight, stop eating and refuse the breast, including attitudes of discomfort, but this disorder is more common from the age of six, "Diaz said Dominguez.
The depression continued, produces brain changes and sufferers do not develop like the rest of others and which affects the intellectual area, ie there is less cognitive performance in emotional and physical areas, and sometimes less physical growth .
He said that if a person had some depressive symptoms in childhood, most likely as adults will happen again, but this bias is reduced if the treatment was carried right.
Finally, the specialist said the treatment of major depressive disorders in children with thoughts of suicide is based on pharmacological drug administration for at least six months and psychotherapies in which the family participates.
Recommended to be aware of the behaviors of children, in their way of playing, socializing and being at home, if you identify any abnormal change, go to the health care professional promptly to prevent depressive symptoms.