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Depression Warning Signs in Teenagers and Children.
Diagnosing clinical depression in adolescents and children is very difficult. Teenagers are often moody and distinguishing between moodiness and depression can be challenging even for youngsters to recognise within themselves. Children and teenagers may not always understand why they are feeling down, express their feelings to others or seek help. Older teenagers especially are often [...]
New Tool to Diagnose Adolescent Depression.
By Shamala Pulugurtha.
Source: Brain Blogger.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between 1992 to 2004, the rate of hospitalization for depression has increased approximately 81% for females and 30% for males aged 5-19 years. In 2004, more than 5,000 US children and adolescents committed suicide and an additional 171,870 non-fatal self harm [...]
What Do You Do With a Depressed Teenager?
No parent wants to hear or believe that their teenage son or daughter is depressed, but it happens. It could be that the teen is having difficulty in dealing with the loss of a family member or close friend, are having difficulty with other students at school or are suffering from stresses from home, school [...]
Signs of Teenage Depression.
Huge numbers of teenagers are getting into mood disorder or depression nowadays due to peer pressure, undesirable incidents and poor family attention from their homes. They start feeling unworthy and useless thus resorting to self-pity and despair. In your child it is important to have a careful observation of his behavior once in a while [...]
Teenage Depression?
Most everyone recognizes that moodiness is a normal part of being a teenager, whether parents like to accept it or not. Teenagers are at a time in their life when they are going through numerous changes in both the mind and the body. They are in the transition from child to adult, which means hormonal [...]
Teenage Depression - What Parents Can Do.
As a parent, one of the things that you want to ensure is that your child is happy. But what happens when you know that your teenage child is suffering from depression? This is a problem that many parents today face, which can be a huge cause for worry and concern. But the truth of [...]
Teenage Depression - Basic Suicide Prevention For Teens.
Life is a difficult experience. Perhaps the answer to Shakespeare’s question “To be or not to be?” should be directly “Not to be! Not to suffer, not to wait, not to feel, not to work, not to hope, not to pass through anything”…
There are a few good things in life, but the horrible ones are [...]
Ooops! I Did Not Know That Teen Depression Even Existed.
Teenage hood is usually perceived by many to be an enjoyable stage of any person’s life. It is in this stage that new body features start occurring and a sense of responsibility for one’s actions start materializing. Unfortunately, sometimes these aspects impact teenagers negatively. When this happens, parents and guardians often try to limit their [...]
Depression in Teenagers’ Chat Rooms.
With so much teen angst in the world today, there is little wonder so much depression in teenagers chat rooms can be found. This is a time of life that can be very hard for many teenagers. When life becomes too much for them to handle, they need someone to talk to about it all.
Most [...]
Have You Ever Suffered Depression-Related Mood Disorders.
Depression-related mood disorders are symptoms that occur when a person is suffering from a health problem known as depression. These symptoms usually vary according to the type of depression you may be suffering from, age, or sex. To add on to this, depression- related mood disorders differ in their modes of treatment since some require [...]
