If your child exhibits one or more of the undermentioned symptoms or faces any of the issues, now is the time to check on them.
Habit disorders
- Thumb sucking
- nail biting
- other purposeless movement disorders
Anxiety Disorders
- Separation anxiety
- school refusal
- performance anxiety
- phobic disorders
- obsessive and/or compulsive disorders
Emotional
- temper tantrums, breath-holding spasms
- Depression in childhood and adolescent age
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.)
- Disruptive disorders
- Oppositional defiant disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Disobedience
- Stealing
- lying
Speech and Language disorders
- delayed speech
- wrong pronunciation
- stammering
Eating disorders
- overeating
- refusal to eat
- food fads (making fuss about type of food)
Somatoform Disorders
- physical symptoms due to underlying psychological causes; e.g., hysteria.
Sleep disorders
- insomnia
- nightmares
- night terrors
- sleepwalking
Problems of scholastic performance
- Learning Disabilities (LD)
- Dyslexia
- Reading
- Writing
- Spelling
- mathematical difficulties
Elimination disorders
- nocturnal enuresis
- bed wetting
- faecal soiling
Substance-use disorder
- alcohol, opium, caffeine etc.
Addictions
- Mobile Phones
- Games
- TV
- Internet
- Doing drugs
Other Symptoms & Issues
- Aggressive Behavioural Tendencies
- Anxiety
- Avoiding Responsibilities
- Behavioural Issues
- Bullying
- Complexes
- Concentration Issues
- Dependability Issues
- Difficulty in Studies
- Lack of Attention
- Narcissism
- Phobias
- School Refusal
- Self-care Issues
- Short Temperedness
- Sibling Rivalry
- Smoking
- Stubbornness
- Time Management Issues
Developmental disorders
Disorders like mental retardation require special individualized educational and vocational counsellingPervasive Developmental Disorders
- Autism
- organic brain disorders
- disintegrative disorders