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Liu Juxiang Psychiatrist: What should I do if my child has social phobia?

Liu Juxiang Psychiatrist: What should I do if my child has social phobia?

Liu Juxiang

More than 40 years of clinical experience

Biography

Liu Juxiang, a member of the Communist Party of China and director of the Clinical Department of Youmian, has been engaged in the theoretical research and clinical diagnosis and treatment of psychiatrics for more than 40 years after graduating from university, and has studied in Beijing Medical University, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Tianjin Mental Health Center, and Wuhan University School of Medicine Mental Health Center for many times, accumulated rich clinical practice experience, and has been invited to study and exchange and discuss at home and abroad for many times, providing guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of clinical mental illness.

Areas of expertise

He is good at systematic diagnosis and treatment of emotional disorders, psychogenic mood disorders, hysterical mood disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, mania, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders, childhood emotions and behavioral disorders, adaptive disorders, elderly emotions and mental disorders, somatic form disorders, autonomic nervous disorders, sleep disorders and other mental diseases for systematic diagnosis and treatment, so that many patients can get rehabilitation, and are well received by peers and patients.

Practice motto: I ask myself to listen to patients, listen and listen, be careful, be careful and careful, and as a doctor, you should treat every patient with a highly responsible spirit.

Nowadays, many children will show that they do not like to communicate, do not like to interact with people, and have a tendency to social phobia. However, as a parent, many times do not know why the child has this situation, and for the child's phenomenon is also more anxious, do not know how to solve. Let's take a look at it together, what is the cause of pediatric phobia? And how to solve it?

Liu Juxiang Psychiatrist: What should I do if my child has social phobia?

Causes of social phobia in children

Parenting styles: Although recent research has looked at social phobias, either type of phobia is related to parenting styles in psychological growth. For example, excessively harsh and dogmatic education will make people grow into a single, make their social understanding and adaptation relatively low, and it is difficult to make judgments about objective things; An environment that is too rough or oppressive will also distort people's psychological development and misjudge or misjudge external things.

Heredity and factors: Phobias are also very much related to heredity. For example, those who are timid and shy at the age of 3 tend to have a phobia of social interaction in adulthood. Genetic factors are also increasingly affected in phobias.

Biological Factors: It has been inferred that phobias have postsynaptic 5-HT receptors that are hypersensitive. Schizophrenia, mood disorders, mental disorders caused by epilepsy, generalized anxiety disorders, etc.

Liu Juxiang Psychiatrist: What should I do if my child has social phobia?

How to deal with social phobia in children

1. Let children learn to talk to strangers

Some parents are afraid that their children will run into trouble when they go out alone, and scare their children, and their children become timid and afraid of seeing people; Some parents are afraid that their children will be bullied by others when they go out, afraid of losing losses and learning badly, and think that it is better to be locked up at home; Some are afraid that their children will come into contact with infectious diseases and prefer to leave their children alone behind closed doors.

The truth is that it is only insecure to socialize with insecure strangers. Therefore, parents should create conditions for going out and interacting with people, let go and encourage children to play with children around them, and let children naturally improve their communication skills in their interactions with strange children. For example, say hello to your neighbors and say hello; Play with familiar, mild-mannered children who are a few years older; Then slowly transition to visiting relatives and friends, going to parks to play with their peers, and using the opportunity to take a ride or walk to contact strangers.

2. Encourage your children to visit the children's homes

Children's interactions are also like adult interactions, both can be invited in or out, and both are equally important. In order to avoid your child causing trouble for others, you can let your child bring some small gifts to the children's house, which is both thoughtful and polite, and also allows the child to learn to share.

Liu Juxiang Psychiatrist: What should I do if my child has social phobia?

3. Encourage children to invite children to play at home

Modern parents often have a misunderstanding that they want to maintain a neat and intact home at all times. Therefore, parents are less willing to let their children invite the children of their neighbors to play at home, and at most they are simply interacting in the community. If parents encourage their children to invite their children to their homes to play, children will have more time together and more opportunities to learn to deal with disputes that may occur during the game.

4. Guide your child to shop

Children aged 3 to 7 can shop under the guidance of their parents. For example, let him buy his favorite small toys, small cards, stationery, snacks, etc. When the child communicates with the salesman, he also learns the skills of communicating with people. If the child has difficulties at the beginning, the mother can encourage the child and teach the child to say "please ask the salesman aunt to take the toy dog", "how much to pay", "thank you" and other words, and gradually let the child speak on his own.

Liu Juxiang Psychiatrist: What should I do if my child has social phobia?

When educating children in normal times, we must pay attention to mastering the correct way, and communicate with the child in a timely manner, do not often scold the child, because the scolding child will make the child have a fear of the psychology, which will affect the healthy growth of the child. As a parent, you must be patient in educating your children.

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