Kids mental health
Children’s mental health is a crucial aspect of their overall well-being, serving as the foundation for their emotional and psychological development throughout life. A healthy mind allows children to grow into well-adjusted adults who can navigate life’s challenges with resilience, adaptability, and emotional intelligence. It helps them develop the skills needed to manage emotions, cope with stress, and build strong relationships.
Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorders but the presence of positive characteristics like emotional regulation, social skills, and self-esteem. Just as physical health requires attention, children’s mental health needs nurturing from a young age. Parents, caregivers, and educators play a key role in fostering environments where children feel safe, supported, and understood.
Key factors influencing children’s mental health include family dynamics, social connections, school environment, and family history. Positive relationships with parents and peers, a stable home life, and supportive schooling contribute to strong mental health. Conversely, adverse experiences like trauma, bullying, or neglect can have long-term negative effects on a child’s mental well-being.
Why does kids’ mental health matter? Early intervention and support can help children develop coping mechanisms to deal with anxiety, stress, and other emotional challenges. This sets them up for success not only in childhood but also in adulthood. Children with good mental health are more likely to perform better academically, engage socially, and experience overall life satisfaction.
Debriefing Kids Mental health
The most diagnosed mental health disorders among children ages 3-17 years in 2016-2019 were attention deficit disorder (9.8%, approximately 6 million), anxiety (9.4%, approximately 5.8 million), behavior problems (8.9%, approximately 5.5 million), and depression (4.4%, approximately 2.7 million).
General Emotional Dysregulation:
The occurrence of typical phenomena associated with ED, like severe tantrums, low frustration tolerance, aggression, negative mood and suicidality is even higher than the full syndrome of ED, with estimates of about 45% in child psychiatric patients between 6 and 18 years1.
In 2019, 6% of children were reported as having serious emotional or behavioral difficulties. The percentage of parents reporting that their child ages 4–17 displayed serious difficulties with emotions, concentration, behavior, or getting along with other people was stable from 2011 to 20182.
Therefore, Maxis Health estimates: 144,000 children having serous emotions/ behavioral difficulties. (6% of 2.4 million)
ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
25 to 45% of children with ADHD exhibiting ED1. Approximately 48-54% of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have impairing difficulties with emotion regulation2
In USA : 2.4 million (9.6 percent) of school-age children aged 6 to 11 years. 3.3 million (13.6 percent) of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years3.
Therefore: According to Maxis Health we estimate 600,000 to 1,080,000 children in USA exhibit ED as a result of ADHD as a disorder.
ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder )
Emotional dysregulation problems seem to affect more than 80% of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and may include irritability, aggressive behaviors, self-injury, and anxiety1
About 1 in 36 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network (2020)2
Therefore, Maxis Health estimates: 1 in 36 kids out of a total of 2.4 million (school kids) = 66,667 children out of 2.4 million would be affected with ASD.
ED (in 80% of total kids) so 80% of 66,687 = 53,333.6 children have ED with ASD.
ODD (Oppositional defiant disorder)
Researchers estimate that oppositional defiant disorder affects 2% to 11% of children. This range is so wide because some children may be misdiagnosed as having conduct disorder, and teenagers, as a population, are often underdiagnosed.
Roughly 40 percent of children with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD) also have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or a related conduct disorder1.
Therefore Maxis Health estimates, 2-11% of 2.4 million (school kids)= 48,000, to 264,000 children with ODD.
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