Dr. Adriana Edobor Andries, pediatric psychiatry

Online consultations with psychologists and psychiatrists

Topics covered:

• The difference between the help provided by a psychotherapist and a psychiatrist.
• The effects of children's overexposure to screens
• Exposure of children between 0 and 3 years to screens is very harmful
• Screen time by age
• Reasons why young children's screen exposure is not recommended
• Effects of video game addiction in children
• What can parents do to limit children's access to screens?
• The 3-6-9-12 rule for the correct use of screens
• Causes and management of ADHD. Not all attention deficit disorder is ADHD
• Many adults, even successful actors, have ADHD, however, untreated in adults, ADHD disorders can be associated with antisocial acts
• The importance of informing parents and GPs about the correct use of screens by children