Your direct and active participation in his or her treatment is essential to successful outcomes as your child receives services from the mental health and educational communities. I've been told my child is seriously emotionally disturbed. These disorders result in a substantially reduced capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of everyday life.
Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, including children and adolescents.
They can occur in any family, and they are not anyone's fault. If you suspect your child is ill, or if a teacher or school counselor suggests that your child should be evaluated, you should seek a professional's advice. NAMI would recommend a psychiatric evaluation, preferably performed by a psychiatrist who specializes in children and adolescents. Research in the biomedical field is ensuring more accurate diagnoses. Most younger psychiatrists, trained in the past 10 to 15 years, recognize that all brain disorders have a biological underpinning.