People in rich countries are more likely to suffer from depressive phase than in poorer ones. Women are affected more frequently than men. The loss of a partner is a possible cause.

Worldwide 121 million people are affected by depression. That a large international research team led by Evelyn Bromet reports from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The study is published in the journal “BMC Medicine”. Are based on detailed interviews with more than 89 000 people from 18 countries. For Germany, Herbert Matschinger was involved from the Institute of Social Medicine at the University of Leipzig. Read more »

Networking of daycare facilities with mental health services

In recent decades, the life world of young children has changed radically. Because of urbanization, many children (natural) experience and exercise areas have lost; spontaneous contacts with peers rarely arise. Media as television increasingly determine the child’s life. In a majority of families now both parents are working, in other families is dominated by unemployment and poverty. Because of educational uncertainty, lack of experience in dealing with children, stress, etc., some parents behave wrong spoil example and overprotective their children, they ask, are too authoritarian or set rules, not by neglect, their children or abuse them at all. As the couple relationships have become more fragile, many children experience the separation of their parents and then grow in partial or stepfamilies.

These and many other factors contribute to more and more young children have developmental delays, behavioral problems and other disorders. Meanwhile, around 25% of children in day care are striking in any way. This complicates the practical work with the children’s group. In addition, the educator / inside expected to promote healing these children educationally. Read more »