How to detect a child with puberty disorder?

Darling is entering puberty, so there are many changes in psychology and physiology. Your understanding of puberty will help your child avoid the disorders that often occur at this age. As a result, you will become a good friend of your child and overcome the difficult times with your child, but there are also many fun. 

Getting a child into puberty is never an easy time for parents. The pressures and problems your child faces during puberty can seem overwhelming for them. Children may experience chaotic changes in terms of physical, emotional, hormonal changes that cause children to have sexual desire, to have new social and intellectual perceptions. For many teens, these stresses can lead to a range of mental health disorders, some of which can be life-threatening.

Important advice for parents with children of puberty

The best thing parents can do for a child in the "humid" stage is to listen honestly and openly.

1. Communicate with your child often, openly and honestly

You need to let your children feel that they can always talk to their parents about anything. Share with your child about your experiences and the worries you experienced during puberty so that they know they are not alone and that they have nothing to worry about.

2. Learn about psychotic behavior in puberty

You should equip yourself with information about the most common pubertal psychological disorders. Talk to your child's doctor, health professional, psychiatrist or teacher for helpful information. Then, you exchange details with your child, explain carefully what they are going through and encourage them.

3. Pay attention to your child's behavior

Puberty is a time of great transformation and change in adolescents. However, if the child's behavior changes seem severe, strong, and sudden, it could be a sign of mental health problems.

Signs in your child that you should be alert to

Babies often sleep more than they normally would in teenagers. Watch closely as this can indicate depression or substance abuse, trouble sleeping, insomnia, and other types of sleep disorders. In addition, parents should also be mindful that if a child gives up or loses a favorite pastime, the child's academic achievement suddenly plummets. In addition, weight loss and loss of appetite can be signs of an eating disorder at this age. More seriously, when you discover a child's personality changes, for example over-anger, it could be due to psychological problems, lured to substance use or sexual problems. sex.

Puberty psychology problems

By entering puberty, your baby may experience major psychological and physical changes. However, you should pay attention to the issues mentioned if you notice that your child has any of the following signs:

1. Depression

While we all consider it to be just a depressing condition,  clinical depression is a serious one and needs immediate treatment. You need to be careful when your baby has the following symptoms!

Change your sleep habits

Suddenly crying or excessively moody

Eating habits lead to obvious weight loss or weight gain

There was an expression of despair and worthlessness

Excessive paranoia and secrecy

Self-harm

Excessive self-isolation

Abandon friends and social groups.

2. An eating disorder

Your child may become obsessed with body image leading to sudden weight loss, severely affected their health. For example, children have anorexia, avoid eating and change in eating habits suddenly or some other children are binge eating. You should also pay attention if your child has lost a lot of weight while their eating habits are normal and should see a doctor immediately.

3. Abuse of drugs and addictive substances

In addition to pressure, mental health problems also cause teenagers to not only try smoking, drinking alcohol, using drugs or stimulants as a "self-medicating".

In addition to paying attention to your child's behavioral and physical signs if he or she misuses alcohol and drugs, you should also:

Be wary of prescription drug abuse: according to experts, teenagers' abuse of prescription drugs ranks second only to marijuana and alcohol. The most used drugs are Vicodin and Xanax

Over-the-counter medications can also be abused by teenagers: teenagers also frequently overuse over-the-counter cough medicine and cold medicine.

For your child's mental health concerns, you should begin to deal with it by having a sincere, open conversation to help your child share, foster good habits, and help his spirit to be healthy.

Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have. Because of many psychological problems, puberty manifests itself through body changes like sudden weight loss. A doctor may order medical examinations in conjunction with seeing a psychologist for treatment if necessary.