Diagnosing on Children and Adolescents (part 2)

     Over-diagnosing or under-diagnosing may bring unwanting consequences to children and adolescents. The syndromes will go worse from the original. In other words, a seasonal depression may develop into a major depression. Another more fortunate case can occur is that the syndromes don't change at all. To picture the scene of under-diagnosing, imagine that a child has a fever but his mother only gives him vitamin. The mother in this situation lacks medical knowledge. It seems to be ridiculously obvious in the physical world for an individual who acknowledges some common medical knowledge. However, in psychological language, can that person identify what “fever" or “vitamin" is? That person might end up like the mother in the situation above when he or she tries to treat the child's mental problems. Over-diagnosing is similar but in the scene that the mother gives her child medicines for hemorrhagic fever. The chances of wrong diagnosing are not always low, especially to the people whose psychological knowledge needs more improvements.

     Let's say the parents have some basic psychological knowledge and find a proper treatment for their mentally ill sons or daughters. All they need to do is heading straight to the essential goal of reducing the syndromes with patience. However, both parents have jobs. How many people can balance families, who now need more attention,  and work, which always requires attention, at the same time? The unfulfilled treating process can affect the victims negatively. Specifically, the child might feel abandoned or even create a greater distance to his or her parents.

     Diagnosing is a thing that every parent should do to know their children better. Parents can also be great psychiatrists if they can guarantee positive outcomes for their patients. However, if they need more improvements and knowledge in the field, it's time for seeking help from the specialists. During the professional treating process, parents can stay involved and help their children overcome mental issues. Receiving positive effort from both professional psychiatrist and parent, it's more positive that the child will heal quickly.           

Eurus Thach.     

Diagnosing on Children and Adolescents (part 1)

     In the century of technology and civilization, mental health has received a myriad of attention from the community. Hence, besides bacteria and diseases, people are protecting their beloved ones from psychological causes of mental illness. Since more and more painful stories about suicidal teenagers are published and shared, the cautions have increased in society. Parents start caring more about the behaviors of their children and adolescents. In the digital age, it is not hard to find an article about a mental issue. When online diagnosis becomes popular among the parents, children and adolescents can either receive an effective treatment or a risky, reverse effect for their mental problems.

     Now, let’s discuss the advantages of this method. Since the Internet includes a large amount of data about mental health among the young generation, many parents decide to use this source to diagnose their children and adolescents. The benefits of diagnosing using online sources are saving time and budget for every family. It’s the fastest way to acknowledge whether a teenager or a child is typical or atypical. Through some typings and several clicks, parents can now form a general theory about their sons and daughters’ mental situations, save them from confusion. Based on the available syndromes, parents can find ways to treat the mental problems for their young, beloved ones. At this point, two main decisions might come to their mind: treating the victims themselves or seeking help from an expert in the field. Why does the first decision seem to be dominant in the game? The reason is that mental treatments are always provided on psychological websites. Are the sources trustful? Only if they are published by the specialists. Are the published treatments effective? They obviously work great. So what is the problem here? 

Eurus Thach.