TITLE:
Childhood Depression Can Impair Learning
AUTHORS:
José Carlos Rosa Pires de Souza, Matheus Gonçalves Chaves Mello, Bruno Massayuki Makimoto Monteiro, Vítor Cruz Rosa Pires de Souza, Vitória Siufi Zandoná
KEYWORDS:
Depression, Childhood, Cognition, Learning
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.11 No.10,
October
22,
2020
ABSTRACT: Depression is a worldwide public health problem that affects the quality
of life in general at humans, especially children. This study aims to discuss
the aspects in which this disorder compromises neuropsychomotor development and
child learning. A narrative bibliographic review of the last 10 years (2010- 2020)
was carried out in the Medline, Pubmed, SciELO, Lilacs, Psycinfo and Periodical
CAPES databases, using the keywords depression, depressive disorder, depressive
episode, childhood, cycle vital, learning, learning and the Boolean AND. From
the study, it is concluded that childhood depression reduces the capacity for
logical reasoning, concentration and memory, delaying or interrupting the development of cognitive, psychomotor and learning skills.
For this reason, it is essential that a correct diagnosis is made (e.g., using
diagnostic manuals, such as Child Depression Inventory, International
Classification of Diseases and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders), but also an effective treatment (both psychological and
pharmacological).