Childhood depression is called destructive mood disorder in the fifth edition of the American Handbook of Diagnosis and Statistics of Mental Disorders, which belongs to one of the pedigrees of depression.

Depression in children, adolescents and the elderly is somewhat different from that in adults. They don't look sad and desperate, but most of the time they are worried, angry and irritable. See a psychiatrist as soon as possible if necessary.

The following are the basic characteristics of destructive emotional disorder:

1, severe and frequent rage. Such as verbal attacks, physical attacks, financial attacks. The degree of temper tantrum does not match the age of the child, nor is it proportional to the stimulation.

2. It lasts for at least one year, and there are three or more temper outbursts every week. The rest of the time is also irritable, and I am often angry every day.

There should be more than two occasions to lose your temper. You can't get angry at home. It's a nice day outside. Such as home, school, Children's Home, amusement park, etc. You get angry in at least two situations.

In addition, children who meet this disease must be before the age of 10, and the age range of diagnosis is also limited to 6- 18.

Hello, this parent! Become a professional psychologist and a dedicated teacher.

I wonder how old your child is. What do you think are abnormal performances? So much so that you suspect that he may be prone to depression. I really don't know whether to praise you for your carefulness or to scold you for not looking forward to children. If children are really prone to depression, parents should first reflect on their mistakes, instead of directly labeling their children.

As a layman, you can make a preliminary judgment in the following ways, and leave the rest to professionals, so I hope you can describe the specific situation you have observed in detail for your reference.

1, facial expression: depressed people usually frown, lack rich expressions, or directly present a bitter gourd face, as if others owe him millions.

2. Memory declines and thinking activities decline. The so-called decline in thinking activity is simply that the brain is slow to respond and there was no light before.

3, depressed, it is difficult to see a smile. Even if you laugh, it is mostly a wry smile, or you don't laugh enough. Some people with depression are cheerful and lively in front of them, forcing a smile, but they suffer from collapse afterwards.

4. Behavior becomes lazy and inactive.

I don't like what I used to like.

6, do not love to take care of people, and some will become irritable, especially for parents.

7, loss of appetite, or can not eat, or overeating.

8. Poor sleep, waking up early, difficulty falling asleep, etc.

9, inexplicably thin.

Depression can be roughly divided into two types. The first is emotional depression, which is influenced by the blows in life. The child is depressed, and the child is in a negative and pessimistic state for a long time. They are depressed, like to be alone, and don't like to talk. If it is severe depression, children will have suicidal thoughts and even commit suicide.

Children will be in a negative and pessimistic state, and children will constantly beat themselves up and feel that they are not good. Children may have this idea: (I am an unlovable child; My grades will never be good, and my mother will never like me; I am a waste; I am a bad boy, no one will like me, no one will play with me; Wait). Even if someone guides the child to think positively, the child will not believe it, and the child will find evidence from life to prove that his idea is right.

Children's depression is characterized by laziness, disinterest in study, loss of enthusiasm for life, boredom in life, reticence and introversion. Children are sensitive, irritable, fragile and easy to be pessimistic about other people's attitudes.

Children with depression need excellent psychological counselors to enlighten them.

The second kind of depression is that there is something wrong with the body, which affects the child's mood. This kind of depression has little effect on children's emotional counseling and needs medical treatment.

With the increasing prevalence of depression and the younger onset age, it is more and more common for children and adolescents to suffer from depression. Symptoms of depression in children can often be manifested through various behavioral problems, and many careless parents will ignore the early manifestations of depression, which will lead to serious depression in children and miss the opportunity for treatment.

The symptoms of depression in children are atypical, and the specific symptoms are:

1. Emotional state: The child suddenly becomes depressed, silent, cries for no reason, easily loses his temper, and his self-evaluation is reduced. He thinks he is more stupid than other children, and he has a serious inferiority complex. He also became uninterested in the games he usually likes to play, uninterested in anything and unhappy.

2. State of mind: The child is slow in thinking, slow in response, dull in eyes, inattentive, poor in memory and poor in conscious thinking ability.

3, behavioral disorders: children are often accompanied by hyperactivity, like to attack others, afraid of going to school, unwilling to make friends with others, deliberately avoiding others, not obeying discipline, playing truant, poor grades, and even self-harm behavior.

4. Physical symptoms: Patients are generally younger. When they have physical symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, they only say that they are unwell, and their parents are easily influenced and misdiagnosed, which may cover up the essence of childhood depression.

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The symptoms of depression in children are related to the types of depression, and there are many main symptoms. If the child's depression is extroverted, then the child will often be agitated and often throw things or things. Of course, children will lose their temper more often. It can be said that children with depression are emotionally unstable and prone to anger.

If a child's depression is introverted, then its main symptom is that he doesn't like to play with children of the same age. Children who go to school will get worse grades. If the child is young, he will not only dislike playing, but also dislike eating after suffering from depression. Knowing the symptoms of children's depression, parents can find abnormalities earlier.

Children with depression need the help of their parents. When children encounter some unexpected situations in their lives. These accidents in life include the death of a beloved pet, moving and losing a good friend. Parents must give their children enough love. With the love of parents, children will regain their confidence and get out of depression earlier.

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How old did you say the child was?

Now the diagnosis of depression is actually more difficult, or it is more difficult to have a scientific diagnosis or a clear diagnosis or a clear diagnosis.

For Xiaoling, she is not yet 5 years old. Well, it is generally believed that the performance of depression is that she will have nightmares and her mood is not very high. It is generally believed that depressed emotional nightmares are the most important form of expression for a very young age.

Well, when you are over 5 years old, that is, 5~ 12 years old, many children will say that life is boring and want to commit suicide, but they feel boring. Expressing some suicidal thoughts in words may be a sign of depression. Alas, what I often say is, alas, boring. I have no long-term interest in anything, or I have been interested for a short time. The most important thing is that I don't feel loved by others.

Children should be lively and active, but depressed children don't like to laugh and are not depressed at first.

Children love to talk at first.

But later, it may be ignored by people around you.

Gradually become taciturn and inactive.

This is also a manifestation of children's depression.