How to educate children with severe depression

As we all know, children are our hope for the future. However, nowadays, more and more children are having more and more serious psychological problems, especially depression. Moreover, many people don’t know much about the conditions of children with depression. Let’s talk about the symptoms of children with severe depression.

Childhood depression is a type of mental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence and is characterized by low mood. A survey by American researchers showed that the incidence of depression in children is 0.4% to 2.5%, and this rate may rise to 5% to 10% among adolescents, which is consistent with the research results in Australia and Italy. Before the age of 10, the male and female incidence rates are similar, and then with increasing age, the female incidence rate gradually increases and approaches a male-to-female ratio of 1:2.

Family factors are one of the important factors leading to depression in children and adolescents. Studies have shown that childhood depression is related to mothers but not fathers. Studies on family relationships have shown that there is a clear relationship between depression in children and adolescents and the breakdown of their parents' marriage. Girls are more likely than boys to be troubled by their parents' divorce and become depressed.

Research on parenting styles shows that harsh, over-interference and protection from parents will cause or aggravate depressive symptoms in children and adolescents, while giving more attention, understanding and emotional warmth will alleviate depressive symptoms in children and adolescents or reduce the probability of developing the disease. In addition, adolescents from poor families are more likely to suffer from depression. The triggering factors of depression in children and adolescents mainly come from the pressure encountered in life and study, that is, various stressful life events. Such as changes in health status and sudden changes in living environment.

In fact, I believe many people know that children suffering from depression are largely related to their family. I think that parents should protect their children well when they are very young. Don't think that it doesn't matter because the children are still young. In fact, children understand everything.