Jakarta, clubnet Indonesia
–
Indonesian Minister of Health
Budi Gunadi Sadikin
highlight the condition
mental health
school-age children.
Budi said, many
child
School age experiences anxiety disorders to depression.About 2 percent or 1 in 50 children aged 15-24 years experience depression.
This was found based on the Free Health Check Program (CKG) that had been carried out in 72 people’s schools under the Ministry of Social Affairs.Around 7 thousand children have undergone an examination.
“Because many so far can not identify if there are psychiatric problems, mental health problems in our children,” Budi said at the CKG kick-off press conference, Thursday (7/31), launching
detikHealth
.
Budi said, one of the reasons was the use of a device (
gadget
) Excessive which is considered to increase the risk of anxiety.
“It turns out that quite a lot of people experience anxiety, depression, maybe because they see gadgets, social media, and all kinds.
Now
, we start measuring, “he said.
Not only that, CKG’s findings also found 1 in 10 students aged 13-17 years reported to have committed suicide attempts more than once in the last 12 months before the survey was conducted.
Therefore, Budi hopes that a health check can be a preventive step to prevent more serious problems.
Depression itself is a mood disorder that triggers a feeling of prolonged sadness and loss of interest in the activities that were previously liked.
Usually, depression is characterized by changes in appetite, sleep disorders, unresolved fatigue, difficulty concentrating, feelings of worthless, to the mind about death.
Depression can last a long time and affect someone’s way of thinking and behave.
(ASR/ASR)
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