Dr Elena Cristea, pediatric psychiatrist

Online consultations with psychologists and psychiatrists

Topics covered:

• The most common disorders that a pediatric psychiatrist encounters?
• How can a parent identify autism disorders, ADHD in the early stages?
• What is psychiatric drug treatment in a child?
• Social stigma associated with psychiatric consultations in children;
• What drives a teenager to use drugs?
• What are the most common addictive substances consumed by teenagers?
• By using drugs, the teenager tries to get rid of an inner suffering, to escape from an uncomfortable reality;
• Pediatric psychiatrists teach adolescents to cope with emotions and understand the risks of long-term substance use and to cope with social group pressure;
• What are the signs that should alert a parent to substance abuse?
• Addiction is a disease that affects including neural pathways, neurotransmitters that lead to significant behavioral changes;
• What is the therapy for an addicted teenager in a case of withdrawal or addiction?
• What does prevention mean in order not to end up having children addicted to different substances?