Mental Illness

Childhood anxiety is becoming a common problem these days as more and more cases turn up with signs of depression popping up in young children.

Many young children experience anxiety when they meet new people and shyly grip a parent or somebody else with whom they are known. Frequently, a parent can softly support them in venturing out of their 'secure zone' to have new understanding of the society and people, while a number of children tearfully oppose anything or anyone whom they ...

Its beginning often evident early in life has resulted in persistent vulnerability to experience fear or anxiety when facing every day problems. In these cases ordinary methods of coping, including the “normal” use of ego-defense mechanisms, have proven inadequate and an individual either experiences disabling anxiety or increasingly relies on more defensive reactions. Although these defenses may help ward off acute feelings of threat, they exact a high price in ineffective and self-defeating behavior. ...