While it is normal for most children to have bouts where they are happy one moment and upset the next, it is not typical for children to stay sad for long periods of time. Many people think that children cannot suffer from depression, but as depression doesn’t always have environment causes — a bad day at school, not getting candy before dinner or fighting with a sibling — it is most certainly possible that youngsters can suffer from this emotional problem. Parents might try cheering their children up by giving them what they think they want, but this approach rarely works. What needs to be done is seek the professional help of a child psychologist in Berkeley. A child psychologist is trained to spot the signs of depression and determine a treatment course. A depression diagnosis does not always mean drugs; sometimes simply talking out issues may help a child.
January 27, 2012
