The mental health of adolescents is not in good shape and tends to deteriorate. franceinfo junior is interested in this subject.
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French adolescents are not always doing very well and their mental health is deteriorating, according to a recent study by Santé Publique France.
CM2 students from the PEF school in Saint-Ouen are interested in this subject. Marie-Rose Moro, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Paris Descartes University and head of department of La Maison de Solenn, the adolescent center at Cochin Hospital in Paris, responds to their questions.
“What is the most common illness among adolescents?” Yahia asks to begin.
Lyana wants to know if psychological disorders can “turn a child’s life upside down“, as “no longer have dreams”.
Quincy wants to know if most depressed children, “Is it because of their looks?” Abel wants to know if there is an effect of screens on young people and their mental health.
It’s Eva’s turn to ask a question: “Can mental disorders make a teenager dangerous?”
The last question goes to Mélissa: “Has it ever happened that psychiatrists are unable to understand the problem because they are past the age to understand it?”
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