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CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION
Although you may not believe the children also become depressed, and we are seeing increasingly younger ages and cases. The combination of genetic predisposition to a number of risk factors such as parental divorce, or the bad environment at school, or the existence of persistent conflict, and physical or sexual abuse are some of the situations that create mental health danger of a child.

We have always believed erroneously that childhood is a time beautiful, wonderful, no conflicts, no problems, no penalties, but not so.

LOSSES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
The development and growth also, inevitably, losses and gains. The birth of a sibling, parental separation, divorce, changes of address, changes of school and other everyday situations involving a psychic work, and are the feelings of sadness, decay and fragility.

The passage of time and subtle own limitations posed duels that leave their traces and try to solve the child has an arsenal that combines self-assessment, recognition and the image returns to life itself. When this arsenal is very poor, there is a deficit that is a proper climate for the presentation of depression.

The oft-mentioned inferiority complex reveals the dissatisfaction of one’s gaze upon him, as hints or experiences power still depressed.

For us as parents, besides impotence, misleads us about what to do, or doing or when or when not to do and how can I tell if my child is depressed?

Marriage reduces the risk of depression, anxiety and mood disorders, according to a study conducted by the World Health for 10 years. Conversely, the end of a marriage presents risks for mental health.

The World Health Organization (WHO) regularly conducts surveys in several countries on mental health. The clinical psychologist Kate Scott of the New Zealand University of Otago, analyzed data from these surveys of 34 493 people living in over 15 countries, focusing on the consequences of marriage.

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Depression is a treatable disease and cure. To heal, you must necessarily drugs (antidepressants). These drugs are more effective if you follow along with psychotherapy. Many falsely believe that we must choose between psychotherapy and medication. There is nothing quite the contrary, the two complement treatment: medication and psychotherapy together and cons depression.

The treatment of depression takes time. Experts believe, in fact it must last at least six months. Below this length, you may relapse. And if you’ve been depressed once in your life, you do not want to repeat. To heal, it is necessary to regularly monitor your treatment. This is the key to success, yet we know that three patients did not follow his treatment well.

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Phobias are a form of pathological anxiety. A phobia is an abnormal fear of an object or situation. Agoraphobia, for example, is the fear of being in public places, surrounded by the crowd and unable to escape easily if one is panicking.

There are many phobias, phobias of animals (mice, dogs, snakes, spiders …), phobias situations (fear of enclosed spaces such as elevators, tunnels, fear of heights, water from the plane …), social phobia (fear of public speaking, agoraphobia, fear of blushing …), etc..

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