Adolescent Mental Health

Adolescent Mental Health

In the psychology of adolescent development known as being in a phase of self that is full of difficulties and problems. Adolescent development phase lasted long enough about 11 years, starting in women aged 11-19 years and 12-20 years in men. Phase development teenager is said to be the phase of self-filled with hardship and the problem is that in this phase adolescents were in between two intersections between the world of children and the world of adults.

Adolescent Mental Health

Difficulties and problems emerging in the adolescent phase is not only appear on the teen's own self but also on parents, teachers and community. Where can we see often there is a conflict between teens with parents, teenagers with teachers even among adolescents them selves.

Why does this happen? In short it can be explained that the presence of teenagers that is between two crossing phase of development (interim phase), which makes the phase is full of hardship and adolescent issues. Can be ascertained that a person who is in a state of transition or a transition from one state to another is often experienced turmoil and turbulence that sometimes can be bad and even fatal (cause death). (Shah, 2001)

However, essentially all the hardships and problems emerging in the adolescent phase of development can be minimized and even eliminated, if parents, teachers and communities are able to understand the mental development, mental health development of adolescents and youth to improve self-confidence. The most significant problems faced by teenagers who frequent daily so complicated for her to adapt to its environment is adolescent relationships with older adults, especially the father, and his struggle to be able to gradually free themselves from their domination at the level of adults.

Often parents interfere in personal affairs with teenage children who are asking these questions as follows: "Where you last night?", "With whom are you going?", "What are you watching?" And so forth. These questions basically addressed by parents is because of concern for parents on the existence and safety of their teenagers. But the ears and perceived child such questions as a police interrogation of a criminal who had been arrested.

According to psychologists view the family or a good parent is a parent who is able to introduce the needs of adolescents following challenges to be free and then help and support it optimally and provide the opportunity and the means that lead to freedom. In addition, teens also are encouraged to take responsibility, make decisions, and plan its future. However, the process of understanding this does not happen quickly, need patience and sincerity parents in guiding and directing their teenagers.
Furthermore, psychology experts suggest the best strategy and fit with strategy respecting teenager is its tendency to free independence without ignoring the parents' attention to them. This strategy is in addition to creating a climate of trust between parents and children, can also teach adaptive or healthy adjustment in adolescents. This is very helpful development, maturity, and adolescent mental balance. (Mahfuz, 2001)

Growth and development that occur during adolescence can not always be handled well. In this phase on the one hand adolescents still show childishness, but on the other side claimed to be adults by the environment. In line with social development, they are more conformity to the group and began to break away from the ties and dependence on his parents, and often challenged the authority of parents' attitude.
Adolescent maladjustment himself sometimes committed acts that are not realistic, and tend to run away from responsibility. Behavior problems faced by transfer of alcoholic beverages consumed mostly done by groups of teenagers, even to reach the level of drug abuse and dependence on addictive substances.

In connection with the release of the responsibility, among adolescents too often found a lot of effort to commit suicide. in developed countries, like America, Japan, New Zealand, the problem of suicide among adolescents is at an alarming rate. While developing countries like Indonesia, unhealthy behaviors adolescents who are at risk teen accidents are also a lot done, such as reckless driving. Another thing that becomes an important issue among adolescents in all countries is the increasing number delinkuensi. Such behavior such as involvement in a fight between fellow teenager, ran away from home, commit acts of violence, and various violations of law, is generally carried out by teenagers.

Community mental health is basically reflected aspects of adolescent mental health. The higher delinquency rates, teen suicide, drug use and dependence on addictive substances, means more and more community mental health counseling low. Business very important mental health among adolescents, in the form of special programs, such as increased awareness of mental health, counseling about married life, healthy living and prevention of the use of addictive substances, as well as counseling about prevention of HIV / AIDS, and the like.

Adolescent mental health program can be done through formal institutions teenagers, such as schools, and can also be through other interventions such as community programs, or programs created specifically for youth groups.