Anychild’s overall health includes both their physical and their mental health.
Physical health includes things like how well a child grows, how strong they are and how well they can recover from an infection.
Mental health includes how well a child thinks, copes with feelings and behaves.
A mental health disorder in childhood involves delays or disruptions in thinking, behaviours, social skills, or regulation of emotions for a child of that age.
These delays or disruptions cause distress to children or interfere with how well they function at home, school or in social situations.
Reporting by Seattle Children's
