How can childrens mental health problems be avoided?
I was intrigued and heartened by watching this program. I really appreciated the care that the staff take to make the children think about their actions and that they encourage thought instead of allowing the easy, violent, attention getting actions that the children have learned as coping skills for the crap that they have had thrown at them. How sad that the youngest members of society have to work so hard to overcome their early experiences. The use of physical restraint to control the children when they are acting out was encouraging to me – I think we here in the US have become afraid of physically interacting with disturbed children as a result of overactive litigation. For any child sometimes the only thing that can break into a mental spiral is a kind but forceful physical interaction,. Other respondents have wondered about the children’s medication and one suggested more meds and less talking, but I think that is the easy way out for everyone except the child who stays depende
