The child is tired of studying, insomnia, and indulging in online games. The problem is actually a "heart disease"
The report issued by the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that: teenagers have frequent psychological problems, and lack of love and "injury in the name of love" are the main causes
Our reporters Feifei Wong, Yeping Zhao, Chang Chang, and Ying Wang
The 17-year-old Han Han has been absent from school for two years due to depression.
She originally took the college entrance examination in June this year, but she had to push this important moment again and again.
The family can’t figure out why a child who has always been well-behaved and sensible and has excellent grades suffers from depression?
The "Chinese National Mental Health Development Report (2019-2020)" recently released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows: the detection rate of depression in elementary school is about 10%; the detection rate of depression in junior high school is about 30%; the detection rate of depression in high school is about 30%. Nearly 40%, the detection rate of severe depression was 10.9%-12.5%.
Some of these children are tired of studying and insomnia, have various physical discomforts, some are addicted to the online world to escape from reality, and some even choose to end their young lives...
50 expert accounts a day, most of which belong to moderate to severe depression
"Deeply trapped in a whirlpool, unable to extricate herself" and "boring and boring", Han Han, who is suffering from depression, feels that she is suppressed by an invisible force, which makes her unable to study quietly, sleep hard, and don't want to eat...
More and more young people are suffering from psychological problems such as depression.
Wang Zhe, chief physician of the Department of Psychiatry at the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, sees 30 patients every day, of which nearly half are 12 to 18 years old.
The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University established a subspecialty clinic for children's psychology. Cao Xiaohua, the person in charge, said that the number of outpatient clinics ranks high in the hospital. "A specialist has 50 numbers a day, and it can be filled."
Among the children in the clinic, most of them are 13 or 14-year-old junior high school students. The main problems are depression and anxiety. A small proportion of them do not reach the level of illness and belong to a mental sub-health state, but more than half require medication and belong to moderate or severe depression. .
The epidemic has made the mental health problems of teenagers who were not optimistic in the first place even more prominent.
Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, suicide cases of children and adolescents have been repeatedly reported.
Zhu Yongxin, member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and deputy secretary-general of the China Democratic Progressive Central Committee, said that during the 2020 epidemic and after the resumption of school, many parts of the country, especially first-tier cities, experienced a significant increase in the suicide rate of primary and secondary school students. The injury showed a worsening trend.
Although the epidemic prevention and control has entered a stage of normalization, the crisis has not been eliminated.
"This year there are a lot of patients who come to ask for consultations. Primary and middle school students account for a large part. Of the 10 children who ask for consultations, 2 to 3 have self-harm." said Kang Yanhai, deputy director of the psychological consultation department of Hainan Provincial People's Hospital.
Professor Wang Yongbai, director and chief physician of the Shenyang Mental Health Center, said that psychological problems such as depression in adolescents are more manifested as somatization symptoms, which are "silent resistance". "For example, children seldom laugh and communicate with classmates. Not falling in love with school and eating, loss of concentration, comprehension, and memory, all these indicate that the child's emotions are in trouble."
During the interview, the reporter encountered a high school girl. She usually has an upper-class academic performance and frequent supplementary lessons. She supplements three subjects on Saturday and three subjects on Sunday. She does not have a day of rest a week and suffers from serious lack of sleep. Later, she became addicted to mobile games. She didn't go out and didn't want to go to school. As the situation worsened, her wrists were cut, she was yelling, and she got off the drill press.
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dean of Peking University Sixth Hospital Lu Lin and his team found that during the epidemic, the number of young people addicted to online games increased by 2%.
The reporter saw a student patient in Anning Hospital in Hainan Province. He was hospitalized with his mother. The cause was an addiction to mobile games and aggressive behavior.
His mother said that the child had a good academic performance, and since he became obsessed with mobile games, he can't help himself. He asks his parents to ask for his mobile phone every day after school. It is common to stay up late to play with the mobile phone. If he doesn't give his mobile phone, he loses control of his emotions and even hits people.
"I want a banana, but you gave me a basket of apples"
"Why are you bringing me into this world?!" Han Han screamed to his parents many times.
She believes that her illness is caused by a combination of factors. There are personality reasons and pressure from study. The lifestyle from childhood to adulthood is one of the main reasons for her personality characteristics.
Because of their parents’ work, Hanhan Elementary School went to a boarding school. “At that time, when they went home every Tuesday and weekend, they couldn’t ask their parents for help in time when they encountered difficulties in their lives. I learned what was going on. Slowly, I developed the habit of not telling them everything, and developed a pleasing personality, especially caring about the opinions of people around me.” After consulting with experts for two years, I have seen a lot of them on the Internet. Han Han from the psychological problem analysis article calmly analyzes his condition.
Most interviewed experts believe that the psychological problems of adolescents are more affected by their native families, and every child with psychological problems often has a problem family behind them.
Zhong Hui, chief physician of the Child and Adolescent Psychology Department of Hefei Fourth People's Hospital, said that the family is a person's backing and buffer zone.
But now some family support systems are weak, and when children have problems, they can’t get warmth at home.
A fifth-grade little girl in Anhui sent a text message to her mother: "I'm sorry, I will be your daughter in the next life". Fortunately, she found it in time to avoid the tragedy.
Later, the doctor and teacher learned that the child’s parents were divorced and lived with his mother. He slept in a small dark house every day. The mother was busy doing business. The father didn’t care about the child. The parents often quarreled over the child support. The mother instructed the child to ask for support.
The child feels that he is despised and cannot get a little love from his parents.
And "harm in the name of love" is more common.
Some parents impose their own wishes in the process of doing good for their children, and accomplish something at the expense of their children's feelings.
For example, some children are tired of studying because they don't know whether to study for their parents or for themselves.
The 16-year-old Xiaohui feels that her life has been planned by her parents since she was born.
"They decide which kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, what musical instrument to learn, and even what clothes to wear." Xiaohui said, "My parents don't understand me at all. I want a banana, but they give me a basket of apples."
Kang Yanhai said that society’s requirements for people are higher and standards are higher, and pressure automatically arises. The whole people show a state of “very tired”. Some people have not kept up with the development of the times and become anxious. They are also communicating with children. To conduct pressure, parents spend less time sitting down to communicate with their children. They don’t have time and don’t know how to put their bodies down and communicate with their children on an equal footing.
Inappropriate parenting styles of parents also make some children have lower stress-bearing capacity and make extreme behaviors whenever they encounter problems.
Wu Jiujun, director of the Mental Health Education Center of Hainan University, said that children now have rich material living conditions and a relatively smooth growth environment. They have experienced fewer setbacks since childhood and are protected too well.
Moreover, parents pay too much attention to their children’s scores. As long as their academic performance is good, the difficulties in life are handled by their parents. In fact, they deprive children of the opportunity to overcome difficulties and deprive them of the opportunity to receive frustration training. It is difficult to generate.
"All the value of life revolves around learning"
The recently released "China National Mental Health Development Report (2019-2020)" shows that the phenomenon of sleep deprivation among adolescents is getting worse. 95.5% of elementary school students sleep less than 10 hours, 90.8% of junior high school students sleep less than 9 hours, and 84.1% of high school students sleep. Less than 8 hours.
Yuanyuan, who is in the first grade of elementary school, is studying in a good elementary school recognized as a provincial capital city, but she complains about every day with heavy schoolbags and heavy homework.
"For example, for Chinese homework, what you must do every day is half an hour to read, recite an ancient poem, check in on the App or WeChat group, learn the text every day, write a page of workbook, preview the text you will learn tomorrow, and check the school Write the self-made preparation sheet again..." After I go home, I will do my homework after eating, but it will be 10:30 before it is all finished.
Under the pressure of schoolwork, some young people are overwhelmed and eventually have various psychological problems.
"I have no motivation to work hard, and I am not willing to fail." "I have no ability to study hard. I feel nauseous as soon as I read a book. I fall behind every time I take the exam. I am unwilling and have no choice, so I have to go."... Said a depression patient in junior high school.
Experts such as Zhu Yongxin believe that primary and secondary school students’ rest activities cannot be guaranteed; some schools unilaterally emphasize entrance examination subjects, and excessive examinations and rankings have led to irrational competition among students; social pressure is generally high, parents are anxious, and they worry that the next generation will lose entry. Opportunities for the elite...The psychological crisis of children and adolescents is, to a certain extent, the reflection and enrichment of the social psychological crisis.
Fang Shuanghu, director of the Institute of Psychological Counseling at Anhui Normal University, said that the essence of life lies in being seen, and the value of life lies in being needed.
But now, the main task of students is learning. All the value of life revolves around learning. Poor academic performance will be labeled as a failure, but the children's other advantages and specialties are not seen.
This is also the crux of some children who play truant, tired of school, and addicted to games.
"Why play games, because I don’t study well, the teachers don’t look at me, and the classmates don’t follow me. But I play games very well, and I can equip others. I am a hero in it, and I can regain it at the end of the game. Come." said a high school boy.