How to Protect Your Child's Mental Health

We need answers- what we can do?

We love our grandchildren very much. They are troubled and very vulnerable. The system has failed them greatly. More than PAS is going on. Child sexual abuse is part of their moms family. We advocated for years- now our hands are tied.

Having answers for us is primary. The children need us and their Mr mom dad. Can you guild us in the right direction to help everyone involved. They have been living 3 states away. Our visits have been strained.

Can you help?

Kari McDonald 509-488-5193 of WA 11:09PM October 30, 2009

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порно онлайн of AL 12:00PM October 22, 2009

Intervention does not work if teachers don't notice or deny that's it's happening. The best bullies are sly and clever, and know when to get in their "jabs", physical or verbal. When the bullied ones finally "break", after having used all the suggestions of parents and counselors, they are the ones who get in trouble, just as the bullies planned.

Oh yes, these bullies are not born, but cultivated, perhaps unknowingly, by unavailable or abusive adults.

My 13 year old son had been the "sensitive one" since a very young age, and has been branded as an easy target. We have tried every intervention, but the greatest frustration is that very few notice. For the first time recently, someone else corroborated the stories my son had told, but chickened out of revealing details for fear of repercussion. Teachers still just think my son is imagining things, and even have branded him themselves. So where are the answers?

D.O.

D. Orehek of TX 3:25PM May 07, 2009

I'm writing in response to the article, "How to Protect Your Child's Mental Health," with a concern for the lack of support for psychological disorders. Psychological disorders remain taboo in society, and a lack of understanding is in part, causative to the untreated and un-prevented illnesses. As the article says, "The vast majority of children who need help never get it," is a sad and scary truth, that needs reiteration to the public. I lost my best friend to suicide related to a mental illness, and if he had been given the proper tools not only by his parents, but also by society, then he may have been able to get the help that he needed before it led to him taking his own life. Having suffered from severe depression myself, I am not only aware of the dramatic differences that the right resources can make, but also of the terrifying stigma that comes along with a mental illness because of the way that they are viewed by society.

It's a godsend that Obama is pushing for groups to adopt these prevention programs in hopes of preventing some of these psychological disorders that affect and kill so many, and it's one step in the right direction for those who are suffering- but what groups? I would like to know more about exactly what their intentions are. On the other hand, I strongly feel that more of the problem lies within the lack of support from society in relation to a lack of knowledge about the illnesses. Along with the prevention programs that are possibly going to be implemented that are specifically aimed at behavior, programs should be implemented that will broaden awareness of psychological disorders. They should put in place programs similar to things like S.A.D.D., or like any other type of awareness program that one would see for an unfamiliar medical condition. Committees should be put together at a city level to raise money, and put together small events to discuss and show the issues with the public. This would allow society to see that these mental disorders are no different then any other kind of medical condition, in hopes of removing the negative stigma that has been placed upon them; then just maybe, those who are suffering wouldn't be afraid of getting the help that they often are desperately seeking.

AlyssaNimic of NE 5:56PM February 25, 2009