Mental health is the overall wellness of how you think, regulate your feelings and behave.

In addition to the specific symptoms of each mental disorder, children with a psychiatric illness can exhibit signs that are specific to their age and developmental status. Warning signs that your child may have a mental health disorder include: Persistent sadness — two or more weeks Withdrawing from or avoiding social interactions Hurting oneself or talking about hurting oneself...

Mental health conditions in children are diagnosed based on signs and symptoms and how the condition affects a child's daily life. To make a diagnosis, the child might have to be evaluated by one or more specialists, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, psychiatric nurse or other mental health care professional. The evaluation might include:
1.History and examination
2.Laboratory tests
3. Psychometrics

Considering that healing and recovery is a Biopsychosocial-spiritual phenomena, multidisciplinary approach is used at CMH to manage any condition the child may come with.
There are varieties of treatments available for managing mental illness in children, including educational or occupational interventions, as well as specific forms of psychotherapy which form the first line and mainstay interventions, and effective medications when necessary.
1.Medications
2.Therapies
3.Spiritual therapy
4.General health

Children and youth with mental health problems are at risk for having lower educational achievement, greater involvement with the criminal justice system, and fewer stable and longer-term placements in the child welfare system than their peer.

It can be difficult to understand mental health disorders in children because normal childhood development is a process that involves change. Additionally, the symptoms of a disorder may differ depending on..