Child Psychiatry
Children and adolescents suffer from various mental health conditions which if remain unaddressed or untreated, have an impact not only on their school and peer relationships but can also continue to adulthood and impact various aspects of their lives. Many kids and teens do grow out of troublesome behaviour and emotional problems, but not all of them do. When there are persistent troubling symptoms or behaviours that affect a child’s performance at school relationships with friends, or bonds in the family, it is advisable to seek help.
Some common conditions affecting children and teenagers are:
- Stammering/ stuttering
- Bed wetting
- School refusal
- Unexplained aches and pains
- Failing grades
- Learning disorders- Dyslexia/ Dysgraphia/ Dyscalculia
- Intellectual disability
- ADHD
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Autism
- OCD
- Childhood schizophrenia
- Eating disorders