[Explanation] Every October 10th is World Mental Health Day. The theme of this year is "Youth Mind, Youthful Youth".
The "Chinese National Mental Health Development Report (2019-2020)" shows that in 2020, the detection rate of adolescent depression is 24.6%.
[Concurrent] Chen Lin, Director of Depression Ward, Huilongguan Medical College, Peking University
(Adolescents) There are actually quite a few cases of this kind now, especially in the past two or three years. Now we have indeed found outpatients including hospitalization. It is quite common for teenagers, most of which are concentrated in the age group of junior high school. Around the age of.
[Explanation] Chen Lin introduced that patients suffering from mental illnesses often have susceptibility qualities, such as genetic factors, neurodevelopmental defects, bad personalities, etc. These susceptible individuals cause the disease under the combined action of some psychological, social and environmental factors, and Whether the "support system" of the family and society is complete also has a great impact on young people's psychology.
[Concurrent] Chen Lin, Director of Depression Ward, Huilongguan Medical College, Peking University
For example, he (adolescent) belongs to a family with poor parental relationship or divorced single parent, or he often does not experience parental affection. Another example is that he has a bad school environment and is often bullied by his classmates. What kind of friends, poor interpersonal relationships, do not have this kind of powerful support system that we say.
Genetics, neurodevelopment, some traumatic experiences in childhood, and another support system (poor), these people may be the most important susceptible individuals.
[Explanation] Chen Lin believes that adolescents suffer from mental illnesses in common, and "precocious puberty" may be one of the susceptibility to them.
[Concurrent] Chen Lin, Director of Depression Ward, Huilongguan Medical College, Peking University
The children we met have some things in common. One characteristic is that they are relatively early. They may have many channels to learn about information, like the Internet today.
They have a lot of things that should not be known to him at his age.
Many parents nowadays, we say not to put too much pressure on their children, but they (precocious children) will be able to see some and understand the pressure from their parents in some unintentional actions.
[Explanation] How can young people prevent mental illness?
Chen Lin said that adolescents are immature in their self-cognition, and parents should understand and pay attention to their mental illness. They can use the psychological self-rating scale to judge their mental state in time.
[Concurrent] Chen Lin, Director of Depression Ward, Huilongguan Medical College, Peking University
Now everyone still has discrimination against this (mental) disease and the problem of "stigma". Our country has conducted several investigations in recent years, and it has shown that the diagnosis and treatment rate for mental problems is very low, only about 10%. .
We currently recommend two (psychological self-rating scales), one is a nine-item patient health questionnaire (evaluating depression) called "PHQ-9", and the other is an anxiety assessment, which is called "generalized anxiety". Scale" (GAD-7); plus a "Pittsburgh Sleep (Quality) Index" for sleep.
For example, after a child has a problem, take him to a professional doctor for evaluation in time.
Dong Zeyu reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]