Mental Health Problems in Indonesian Children: A Review Study - Abstract
Objective: This study aims to review scientific literature about Mental Health Problems (MHP) in Indonesian population, especially children and important findings of the studies.
Materials & methods: Two methods of searching were conducted; English peer-reviewed literature from Pub Med and MEDLINE and the keywords included Mental Health Problems, children, Indonesia. Specifically, mood disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, phobia, insomnia, ADHD and OCD were also included. Several related studies published in Bahasa (Indonesian Language) were searched in Indonesian version of Google with “masalahkesehatanjiwa” and “anak” as the keywords.
Results & discussion: At least, there are eight studies conducted in Indonesia related to MHP in children both in national and international publications. The studies applied various instruments and revealed different results. The majority of the studies found that Indonesian children had risk for MHP, some factors such as academic competence, family relationship, and maternal parenting stress related to MHP, andsome intervention-based researches reported to have effective result in this population, such as atypical antipsychotic in adolescents with schizophrenia, Stroop test in children with ADHD and Triple P-Positive Parenting Program in children with emotional and behavioral problems. More studies should be conducted to investigate factors related to MHP based on Indonesian population as well as interventions to minimize the impact of MHP in children in Indonesia.