People are complex and diverse and the problems we encounter on our journey through life are also complex and diverse.
Similarly, in former years, sickness and crop failures were often attributed to witchcraft.
There’s no such thing as witchcraft. Anyway, fire, however, does exist. Actually, others do not. Wards the end of the 1700’s evidence was gradually amassed to debunk the theory in favor of the ‘oxygencombination’ ideas of today. Basically, a lot of problems we meet are relatively minor and easy to deal with. So this theory, that held sway among scientists in the course of the 1600’s and plenty of the 1700’s, maintained that combustible objects contain an element called phlogiston which was released when the object was burned. Such thinking -back in the days -was very widespread, and ‘witchburnings’ were popular events. Popularity is a very unreliable barometer for conceptual validity. Non flammable objects simply didn’t have this substance. Now, a perfect analogy to the mental illness explanation of human problems is the phlogiston explanation of fire or the witchcraft theories of illness and crop destruction. Some are indeed medical problems and require medical help. Always get your teen’s input, when choosing a specialist or pursuing treatment options.
So do not ignore their preferences or make unilateral decisions, if you need your teen to be motivated and engaged in their treatment.
Nobody therapist is a miracle worker, and nobody treatment works for everyone.
Seek out a better fit, if your child feels uncomfortable or is just not ‘connecting’ with the psychologist or psychiatrist. Whenever developing brains ain’t yet understood, their impact on young, antidepressants were designed and tested on adults. Then, like Prozac may interfere with normal brain development particularly the way the brain manages stress and regulates emotion. Notice that teens need adult guidance more than ever to understand all the emotional and physical changes they are experiencing. It may indicate a serious emotional or mental disorder that needs attention adolescent depression, when teens’ moods disrupt their ability to function on a ‘day to day’ basis.
Parents or caregivers must take action.
a mental health professional with advanced training and a strong background treating teens is top-notch bet for your child’s care.
Please do not hesitate to seek professional any aspect of a teen’s life. Your support can go ain’t always easy to differentiate between depression and normal teenage growing pains, with all this turmoil and uncertainty.
