Detection of Early Children's Mental Disorders

Problem of mental disorders can be prevented with early screening, especially since childhood. Children who experience such symptoms must always feel anxious screened, to prevent the development of severe mental problems later in life.

It was submitted by Professor Hans Ulrich Witten, as the lead investigator in a study of mental health in Europe. Research conducted over three years, involving more than 500 million people in 30 countries. The results of this research were published in the European journal Psychopharmacology.


It is estimated that 38.2 percent or 165 million people in Europe suffer from mental disorders and anxiety in all age groups. In children can be a form of mental disorder of eating disorders, while dementia or dementia is more common in older people.

Witten said, the incidence of depression has doubled since the 1970s. Depression usually occurs when someone at the age of the 20s, after they pass through adolescence and begin to feel insecure with his world.

Anxiety disorders affect 14 percent of the population. Perform according to Witten early screening is very effective in reducing progression to depression by 60 percent.

According to Witten, women aged 25-40 years, three to four times greater risk of suffering from depression. "There is a very high level of depression when women have babies, raise children coupled with work and family," he said.

Meanwhile, Professor David Nutt, head of the Department of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College, London, said, "If you can detect it early, you can change the course of the disease so it does not lead to the remarks," he said.

Anxiety disorders also became an alarm the presence of disease that attacks nerve degeneration such as Parkinson's. "Cognitive behavioral therapy is very effective in preventing the development of anxiety disorders. Benefits of 10-20 sessions can take place in the long run, "he said.

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