Over 7 million Children with Mental Health Problems

About 7mil children in Vietnam show signs of mental health problems such as lack of motivation to study, disobedience and truancy, said reports delivered at a seminar on social assistance to children with psychological problems in Hanoi on March 2.

Reports at the seminar, jointly held by the National Committee for Population, Family and Children and the Vietnam-UNICEF cooperation project, warned of the increasing number of children suffering anxiety, stress, psychological trauma and depression.

More and more kids suffered autism, depression and nervous breakdowns due to conflicts in schools and at home, reports said.

Disadvantaged children, including those infected with HIV/AIDS, street children, drug addicts children and victims of sexually abuse, were particularly vulnerable to psychological traumas and long-term mental illness, the reports said.