CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON A GROUP OF CHILDREN/STUDENTS IN PALERMO

An investigation was carried out on a group of students, 7-10 years old, aimed to evidence the presence of same of common symptoms of depression in childhood. Results reported demonstrated that more than 50% of the sample was often sad, nervous, anxious and suffers of sleeping disorders. The need was stressed of on early and correct diagnosis of infantile depression to sustain the child’s development and to give adequate treatment

PREVENZIONE REATTIVA, RIABILITAZIONE GLOBALE E FUNZIONE PEDAGOGICA

Rehabilitation should be considered as a global process which as from the medical treatment is aimed also to social integration at all levels of the disable individual. The purpose is directed to intervene not when somethin is not functioning but to act before in a way to establishing the conditions for a better quality of lyfe. Such conceptual change was determined in the first place by OMS statements which are not anymore referred to a disease to be removed but to the health which must be protected and promoted by means of educational interventions