Preschool Depression
https://www.auntydebbysblog.com/2016/02/preschool-depression.html
Some times we are concerned when preschoolers exhibit signs of depression,it is necessary know that it’s a legitimate problem for some young children.
Nobody
believed preschoolers could get depressed.People generally assume children under the age of six are developmentally immature to experience the core emotions of depression.
However,a new study provides proof of depression in youngsters.
Researchers followed 193
children between 3 and 6 years old for 11 years to monitor and collect
data from brain scans. Ninety those children had been diagnosed with a
major depressive disorder.
They found that as the children got older,
those who experienced depressive symptoms showed a greater loss of
cortical gray matter—a substance important for emotion regulation—than
those kids who weren’t depressed.
The
early experience of depressive symptoms was the factor that predicted
the alteration in gray matter development.
The research suggests that depression follows kids into adolescence. In
other words, the brain won’t necessarily just grow out of it.
Based on
these findings,there is a treatment plan to help depressed kids, starting from
preschool-age. Aptly named Parent Child Interaction Therapy—Emotion
Development (PCIT-ED), it begins with improving the relationship and
interaction between parent and child.
When the relationship between parent and child is balanced,then there would be no record of depression registered in the child or it would be reduced to the bearest minimum.