11 warning signs of children who have mental disorders

Mental disorders in children often go undiagnosed. For that investigators issued a list of 11 marks to get parents more easily recognize mental problems in children.

Some signs such as feeling sad for 2 weeks or more may show symptoms of depression, intense fear or concern in doing everyday activities can be an anxiety disorder.

But sometimes this is not realized, especially in children who have not been able to explain what she feels.

Hence this list is intended to help parents or community to more easily recognize mental problems in children so they can receive proper treatment and medication.

Previous studies showed 3 of 4 children have mental health problems, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), eating disorders and bipolar disorder are not diagnosed, so do not get the care needed.

Many parents are confused about whether their children have a problem, hence this list is created to facilitate the identification so that treatment is more effective, said Dr Peter S Jensen, professor of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic, as quoted by LiveScience.

Here are 11 warning signs a child has mental problems that have been published in the journal Pediatrics, namely:

1. Feeling very sad or withdrawn for 2 weeks or more
2. Trying to hurt or kill one, or even have plans to do so
3. Suddenly felt tremendous fear for no apparent reason, sometimes accompanied by heart rate and rapid breathing
4. Involved in several fights, using weapons or desire to hurt others
5. Have out of control behavior that could harm themselves or others
6. Do not want to eat, vomit or using laxatives to lose weight
7. Fears or worries that intensive and continuous in performing daily activities
8. Very difficult to concentrate or put yourself in an environment that could endanger themselves or cause failure of the school
9. The use of drugs or alcohol are repeated
10. Severe mood swings that cause problems in relationships of friendship or family
11. Behavioral and personality changes drastically

Researchers reveal if parents notice any of these signs in children, you should consult with a physician or mental health professional for psychiatric evaluation.

In addition it is expected that the Guideline of these signs can help parents distinguish between normal behaviors from childhood with signs of mental problems.

Physical characteristics of children with autism located in the eyes and lips

GladChild: Autism includes behavioral disorders, so it's rather difficult to physically recognizable. But a few studies have mapped the differences in people with autism face shape, especially on the lips width and the distance between the eyes.

Research conducted by scientists from the University of Missouri concludes, faces and brain development occurs simultaneously since in the womb. Both also influence each other, but it is not known exactly how the mechanism children actually is.

By mapping the differences in people with autism face shape, it is expected that parents can detect it early if there are children who show symptoms of autism. Early detection will facilitate assistance, so the mental growth and intelligence can be adjusted.

Here are a few differences on the face, which distinguishes children with autism as quoted from Dailymail on Friday October 21, 2011.

• Have a wider spacing between the eyes
• The middle section is more narrow face, including cheeks and nose area
• Has a lip and philtrum (the area between the noses with the lips) are more broadly.

These characteristics revealed by scientists after making observations of 62 children aged 12 years who were diagnosed with autism. For comparison, the scientists also studied 41 children with no history or clinical symptoms of autism.

In observations, the scientists photographing the faces of the participants with a special camera that can produce 3-dimensional images. Based on these pictures, the differences of physical characteristics were eventually found in 17 points, among others, at the end of the eye, and lip philtrum.

From these findings we can develop to know at which point the autism disorder begins to form. This will bridge the speculation among genetic factors with the environment, said Prof. Kristina Aldridge, who led the research.

These findings as well as strengthen the notion that the brain triggers the coordination of autism disorders have occurred in the womb. But until now, scientists have not concluded whether autism is only genetic factors influenced or affected also by the environment.

Lack of sleep can cause bad behavior in teens

GladChild: Most teens do not get enough sleep due to spending more time at the computer or watching television until late at night. Studies show this condition makes teens tend to behave badly and not healthy.

Studies conducted U.S. researchers found that sleep deprivation can seriously impact on adolescents. In addition to risk the health of the body, teenagers who sleep less tend to be more likely to behave badly.

Study reveals teens that slept less than 8 hours on a school night is more likely to engage in risky bad behavior, such as:

• Drinking a soda at least once a day
• Do not get 60 minutes of physical activity at least five of the last seven days
• Spent 3 hours or more per day in front of a computer
• Involved with physical fights
• Involved in drug use, such as smoking or drinking alcohol or marijuana
• Free sex
• Feeling sad or hopeless
• Serious suicide attempts.

In this study, researchers analyzed results from a national survey of Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2007 on high school students about sleep habits. The survey found that nearly 70 percent of teens do not get enough sleep as recommended by the National Sleep Foundation, which is 8 hours of sleep on school nights.

Many teenagers are not getting the recommended sleep time at night school. Inadequate sleep is associated with participation in a number of health risk behaviors including drug use, physical fighting and serious consideration of suicide attempts, said Lela McKnight Eily, the division adult health and community CDC, as reported by HealthDay on Wednesday September 28, 2011.

According to McKnight Eily, public health interventions are needed. Postpone consideration of school hours can be one of effective measures in a comprehensive approach to address this problem.

How to change the behavior of a naughty child

GladChild: Changing the behavior of misbehaving child is certainly not as easy as you think. As a parent, you definitely have to face the upset when the bad boy (juvenile delinquents) and behave outside the normal limits. Imagine the headache of your head when faced with a disruptive child in the morning, the mess at mealtime arrives as the children enjoy the food spout, a tantrum in public, lazy with homework, often denied, censorious, and other attitudes that stress you out. Not to mention in school, your child likes to protest what was taught by his teacher as well as cursing or hitting another friend that he did not like.

As a result, your child also received the title "bad boy", began to be shunned by her friends and often gets punishment from her teacher. However, do not punish him physically if your child is misbehaving, because it will not make things better. Your child was not necessarily bad since birth, because it is directly or indirectly formed from the surrounding environment, especially the family.

Therefore, to change the behavior of juvenile delinquents into an obedient child and the pride of a parent, you have to do it slowly and patiently starting from its immediate environment. The thing to remember, the child's education begins in the family prior to get it from the environment outside the home. Nothing wrong as well when you try to practice some of these tips to transform your child's behavior is quite naughty.

Applying the rules

Discipline begins with small things, and therefore do not let your family go without the rules that govern these things start from small things to large. If your child has been accustomed to follow the rules of a tiny, then it will be easier to manage when doing things that are bigger. No less importantly, you as the maker of rules are also not to break them.

Give a good example

Various studies have revealed that children are imitator’s number 1. Naughty child because any behavior that looks and recorded in her memory since she was a baby. If you often yell to your spouse or your child, do not be surprised if some time your child will follow your behavior by yelling at his friend or even his teacher. Since childhood, give meaning to your child how to talk with peers and older people is accompanied by concrete examples that you do that to him and your partner. So even with other behaviors, Give concrete examples will be more easily recorded in the memory of your child rather than just the theory that there is no form, or never does.

Reward and punishment

With the rules in the family, then it cannot be separated from reward and punishment to enforce discipline. Reward you can give when the child adhere to the rules, doing good or doing well in school, while the punishment you can give when the children break the rules you may have applied. However, do not get used to reward in the form of gifts or material to prevent your child become a materialistic and self-interest, except for certain things like a champion. Conversely, when your child is violated do not give punishment in the form of physical punishment as it would be bad for their psychological development. You can apply the punishment in the form of cutting time spent watching TV or playing outdoors forbade the relatively more secure and educate.

How to stop a child from biting habit

GladChild: You may often be disappointed with your child's behavior is often biting habit, whether the bite toys, friends or even bite you. Maybe you think your child habits this strange, but one of 10 children 2-3 years old is particularly susceptible to bites. Most children begin to learn to bite by biting her parents, but politely, and many parents who do not stop this biting habit because of it as drawing the attention and the funny thing.

Furthermore, children may be frustrating and want to bite because of the other children. In children aged 2 or 3 three years, the tendency to bite as an expression of anger and intimidate others. But before you scold him because of this bad habit, it would be better if you know the reason behind this often.

Conducting experiments
Children are still curious about the objects around him, including taste. One way to insert objects in its mouth, if you encounter a situation like this, explains to your child's biting action that was not true. Say no firmly as he did this habit. As a replacement, and prepare a variety of toys or activities for your child who can stimulate his senses during the introduction of this environment.

Frustrating
The child who experienced frustrating is usually less have the ability to socialize and the emotional, unable to overcome the problem and has not been able to show their feelings accurately. How to overcome this type of child, you should teach proper language to express his feelings, for example, expressing a sense of happy or sad. Help express feelings through words, like Mother know you are angry because the mother did not want to buy toys for you. Or you prevent your children when they want to bite another child.

The biter
Type these children do not feel comfortable with the growth of teeth and chewed and need something for the pain. How to fix it by giving your child something safe for chewing, such as biscuits or a special toy for your child's bite.

Feel threatened
Often a child experience excessive fear and biting habit is a way to control these feelings. The reason they bite is also to defend them. To overcome this problem, you should make them feel more secure with the presence of a person or thing that makes it unsafe. If your child does not seem safe, trivia your child out of the situation, and teach the words of such a mine or not to help build self confidence.

To seek attention
Do not bite your child's response when they bite you. Screaming, crying or good response was positive or negative from the bite will make them feel they succeeded in getting the attention he wants. This will make it back to repeat the deed. Enough attention on your child when it is or after biting a person is one way to overcome this problem. And try not to bite too attention on your child or when they bite another person.

Familiarity was normal bite occurs in children, but still can not be allowed. It is helpful if you become role models your children, teach behavior that is fast and polite. Do not forget to teach words to express her feelings and helps reduce stress. Most important, do not hit him and yelled at the child while conveying all of you, but use a firm tone.

Recognize the symptoms of ADHD before the child goes to school

GladChild: Hyperactivity symptoms or ADHD in children (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is generally known when the child is in school. But there are characteristics of ADHD that appear before he entered school.

ADHD is the most common child behavioral disorder diagnosed in children and adolescents, estimated to affect approximately 3-7 of every 100 school-age children. Approximately 66 percent of children with ADHD continue to show symptoms when he was a teenager.

Generally someone who has ADHD has 3 a similar disorder although sometimes accompanied by different symptoms that are not a concern (inattentiveness), hyperactive and impulsive (impulsiveness).

Read signal for ADHD in children can sometimes be difficult because most of it looks like any other healthy child. Here are some things that can be observed as a child may have ADHD, as quoted from ParentDish on Tuesday August 23, 2011:

• Signs of hyperactivity and impulsive behavior

Children will look nervous or stretched continuously regardless of the surrounding environment, is generally regarded as the classic symptoms of ADHD. Another sign that need attention as a symptom of ADHD is not a child can sit quietly for a moment or tend to talk excessively.

• Signs of children less attention

The most obvious sign is the children often fail in attention to detail or something that make the same mistake each perform a task or job. And often has a blank stare like not listening to what others are talking to him and easily forgotten.

If there are signs like that you should consult with an expert to evaluate, because ADHD is not diagnosed and treated will make the child grow into teenagers who are easily distracted, neglectful, less communicative and affect social life.

And act more impulsively to a situation that is without considering the consequences. These conditions will make it a risky behavior and difficult to control yourself.

Caffeine Can Relieve Symptoms of ADHD in Children

GladChild: Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or hyperactive symptoms are usually difficult to concentrate and react quickly without thinking. Caffeine seems to affect hyperactive children become well, although sometimes cause side effects.

Caffeine can stimulate the interesting properties of methylxanthine. Methylxanthine act by blocking chemicals in the brain that cause drowsiness. Caffeine also stimulates the production of adrenaline, which can sharpen attention. Adrenaline also causes the brain to release dopamine, which plays an important role in neutralizing the function of uncontrolled motor.

Doctors usually treat ADHD in children with psycho stimulant drugs such as methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine-amphetamine, which is marketed under the trade name Ritalin and Adderall.

Effects of caffeine affect the brain chemicals similar to this drug, which is to increase attention span in hyperactive children. According to the American Psychological Association, caffeine also has the effect of minimizing the aggressiveness, both in children and in hyperactive children who do not have ADHD.

Healthy adolescents should not consume caffeine more than 100 mg a day, as reported by Teens Health. Consumption levels needed to influence hyperactivity could be that amount.

American Psychological Association showed that 1-2 cups of caffeine in coffee can be accepted to help treat the symptoms of ADHD, as reported by Livestrong.

But unfortunately, the administration of caffeine in children can result in unwanted side effects, like insomnia. The impact of caffeine as a whole also depends on body weight.

American Psychological Association showed that using caffeine to treat hyperactivity in children is better than no treatment at all. In children not taking medication, symptoms of ADHD in children could increase.

But coffee drinkers should not be a substitute for conventional therapies, especially without consulting with your pediatrician. With a doctor's approval, you can add caffeine therapy for children who already have drug or exchange of a small dose of caffeine for the drug.

Children Like Hitting Is Hyperactive Symptoms?

GladChild: Children love to hit the course is not good, but not necessarily a symptom of hyperactivity because all young children especially boys always active because it is still in its early stages of development. How to cope with a very active child, what can be done to stop the habit are:

• Try to observe, whether children are exposed to violent behavior, such as the influence of television, games, CDs, or the people around him who use violence to solve problems? If there is, avoid exposure to it because the child is very easy to imitate.

• Does your child understands when to talk? If he does not understand the speech of others, immediately consult a pediatrician because of problems of interaction / communication will lead to problem behavior. Conversely, if your child understands to talk to, you can apply the things below.

• Help your child to express his emotions, because the ability to talk to children 15 months has not been optimized so as not to express emotion with words. Give examples and train the child to express emotions with the appropriate expression, such as hugging or clapping their hands to feel happy, or cry for sadness. Show the expression someone face if he was angry. When children are angry, try asking why he was angry, and then help find a solution.

• Tell the child that hitting is not good and he should not do. If he still do it, you can give him such punishment should not be watching television pleasures.