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Mental Health Literacy, Hereditary - Coggle Diagram
Mental Health Literacy
Social
Often stigmatized, and thus dealt with in silence as to appease public image.
A child suffering from a psychological disorder may be generally different from their peers, both in looks and abilities, and can often have poor self esteem as a result.
This both manifests in the child thinking they are different (anxiety) as well as being ostracized by mal-informed peers who perpetuate stigma.
The misinformation and disinformation that poor mental health education leads to can be the reason why a child may avoid treatment, as to not be labelled a "spaz" or any other crude term children may call each other.
Personal
Can vary case by case, there is no one brush to diagnose nor treat children.
A lot of psychological disorders are hereditarily passed on, unintentionally and inevitably.
Parents are likely to pass on mental illnesses like depression and bipolar disorder, or at least have their children display a similar or younger path of mental decline.
While still difficult to detect most of the time in children, a hereditary footprint is valuable in the treatment of said illness.
Trauma can be a direct reason as to why psychological disorders arise in children, and often their trauma response and lack of understanding in their own body prolong the help that they need.
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Medical
mental illness can be increasingly difficult to diagnose in children, especially based on the diagnosis and the age group. This leads to a increased amount of untreated youth.
Untreated mental illness, as well as stigma, can be evidence used to explain youth suicide rates.
It can be difficult to determine a definite diagnosis without realizing that a lot of the symptoms for psychological disorders are comorbid.
Headaches, feelings of anxiety, etc
Medical studies to understand child psychopathology often struggle with ethicality, and thus knowledge into the causes, effects, and treatments are not as far along as adult psychology.
Physical
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Psychological disorders can also be observed through physical traits, as is the case in Angelman Syndrome and Down Syndrome, as well as others.
Prolonged suffering from mental disorders can lead to a physical change in the brains chemical make up, leading to even more intense treatments needed in the future, as well as medications.
Hereditary
May also effect children twice due to the fact that they experience hereditary based symptoms during their formative years, as well as a different manifestation as adults.