HealthDay (3/11) reports, “Chronic pain can keep kids from being social and active, leading to anxiety and depression…says” Taranjeet Jolly, MD, a child “psychiatrist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Harrisburg,” PA. What’s more, “this can turn into a vicious cycle – worsening depression and anxiety can also worsen pain perception.” Parents should talk with their youngsters “about what’s going on and follow up with a pediatrician, he suggested.” If a child “is diagnosed with depression, follow up with a child psychiatrist, he advised.”
Related Links:
— “When Chronic Pain Leads to Depression in Kids, HealthDay, March 11, 2020