Over 880,000 Romanian children suffer from mental health disorders according to WHO. Elsewhere in the news, for the first time in the Romanian post-Revolution history, two people have been arrested for electoral bribing. Further in the news, Romanians are being mugged with the gas bill. Last but not least, an increase in the VAT in Romania and the Czech Republic is imminent, financial experts say.
Over 880,000 Romanian children, namely 20%, suffer from mental health disorders, Cotidianul reads. Anxiety, attention deficit and depression are the top three affections, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). "In case of social anxiety, children are afraid to go to school and, especially, to get a bad mark. In case of generalised anxiety, minors are afraid of being beaten, are afraid for their parents' health, but also for their parents' financial situation.
Depressive disorders are more serious, when children have negative perception towards their own self and feel incapable to face various situations at school or at home. The major cause of depression is the parents and teachers' excessive critics", psychologist Domnica Petrovai from the Romanian National Centre for Mental Health from the Health Ministry explained.
The organisation Save the Children cut the red tape on Thursday for a Centre for emotional and behavioural education for children in Bucharest. The centre will offer free psychotherapy services for under-aged and will run programmes for social and emotional abilities development for children, and support groups and educational programmes for parents.
For the first time in the Romanian post-Revolution history, two people have been arrested for electoral bribing, Adevarul reads. Stelica Curt (51) and Pierre Curt (42) from Giurgiu (South) were paying citizens 30 lei not to come to the presidential polls o
