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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 651366" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Thing of course is, that with younger kids big part of good mental health treatment actually is parenting and family relationships. So parenting classes may be needed, because while most typical kids grow up just nicely with many type of parenting, and can handle lots of parenting mistakes, kids with mental health issues or behavioural challenges may need specific way of parenting or are less able to deal with parenting mistakes.</p><p></p><p>In the end same is true with many adult mental health issues. Vital part of management of them is often right lifestyle. Structure, enough sleep, enough exercise and natural light, good diet, balanced, regular and low-stress lifestyle. And every depressed hates it, when people tell them to just eat better, have some exercise, always go to bed and wake up the same time and so on. Still also those type of things are needed in successful treatment of many mental health issues. And very high quality parenting is needed in best possible managing many psychological or neurological challenges with kids. </p><p></p><p>But you are right, there is awful stigma in mental health and addiction issues compared to other as serious illness. Let's face it, almost half of all cancers could be avoided by lifestyle choices (no smoking, no overweight, enough exercise, healthy diet, enough this and that and not too much some other things.) Addictions could also be avoided, if people wouldn't engage in addictive substances or behaviours. But we are not blaming people with breast cancer and asking them, that why did they not have kids/had kids only after 30/didn't nurse long/did use hormone treatment during menopause/drank too much/smoke/were overweight after menopause or any other known risk factor. We are also not telling them, that their illness is character or moral deficiency. But we do not shame, blame or discredit a person with cancer or parent whose child has a cancer. We don't do so to even more clearly acquired diseases like type two diabetes or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). And we shouldn't. Nor should we shame, blame or discredit a person who has mental health or addiction issue or their parents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 651366, member: 14557"] Thing of course is, that with younger kids big part of good mental health treatment actually is parenting and family relationships. So parenting classes may be needed, because while most typical kids grow up just nicely with many type of parenting, and can handle lots of parenting mistakes, kids with mental health issues or behavioural challenges may need specific way of parenting or are less able to deal with parenting mistakes. In the end same is true with many adult mental health issues. Vital part of management of them is often right lifestyle. Structure, enough sleep, enough exercise and natural light, good diet, balanced, regular and low-stress lifestyle. And every depressed hates it, when people tell them to just eat better, have some exercise, always go to bed and wake up the same time and so on. Still also those type of things are needed in successful treatment of many mental health issues. And very high quality parenting is needed in best possible managing many psychological or neurological challenges with kids. But you are right, there is awful stigma in mental health and addiction issues compared to other as serious illness. Let's face it, almost half of all cancers could be avoided by lifestyle choices (no smoking, no overweight, enough exercise, healthy diet, enough this and that and not too much some other things.) Addictions could also be avoided, if people wouldn't engage in addictive substances or behaviours. But we are not blaming people with breast cancer and asking them, that why did they not have kids/had kids only after 30/didn't nurse long/did use hormone treatment during menopause/drank too much/smoke/were overweight after menopause or any other known risk factor. We are also not telling them, that their illness is character or moral deficiency. But we do not shame, blame or discredit a person with cancer or parent whose child has a cancer. We don't do so to even more clearly acquired diseases like type two diabetes or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). And we shouldn't. Nor should we shame, blame or discredit a person who has mental health or addiction issue or their parents. [/QUOTE]
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