Summer can be hard on kids with mental health problems

摘要

As a mental health clinician, I would hope that kids experiencebetter mental health over the summer months.There is some research to suggest that this is the case interms of medication response, and its probably true forthe general population. However, for our “orchid” patientswho best thrive in particular environments with predictableexpectations, they seem to wilt without the structureof school. (Of course kids who don’t attend during the yearare a separate group). This past week alone, every youth Ihave assessed in urgent care is there simply because theyfailed to adapt to the new kind of loneliness that ensues withsummer. And more time to ruminate and argue with theirparents.