The social aspects in the identification of children's mental health problems in two health services in Paris, France

Bibliographic Data

ID4467426
AuthorsEunice Nakamura (0000-0001-8786-5207, Universidade Federal de São Paulo), Maëlle Planche (0000-0003-1806-8532, Université Paris Descartes), Alain Ehrenberg (Université Paris Descartes)
Year2017
Volume22
Issue65
Pages411-422
Publication date2017-06-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInterface - Comunicação Saúde Educação (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1414-3283 • E-ISSN: 1807-5762
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1807-57622016.0911
OpenAlexW2671405311
SCIELO_PIDS1414-32832018000200411
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

Children's mental health problems were analyzed from a sociological approach addressing two questions: what are the main children's behaviors identified and considered to be mental health problems, and what are the consequences of this classification for the debate on children's problems in contemporary societies. This quantitative and qualitative study analyzed 275 patients' records from two child mental health services (CMHS) in the northeast area of Paris, France. The majority of children were boys from six to 11 years old; requests were presented mainly by schools and parents; the main problems were behavioural problems, cognitive difficulties and relational problems (boys), and affective or emotional problems (girls). There is an interdependence of a great number of actors who worry about children's behavior and a system of expectations seems to be collectively woven by them as social classifications

Anxiety · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Identification (biology · Mental health · Psychiatry · Worry · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychology · Social Psychology

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