teenagers with depression

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According to a survey 20 percent of teens will experience teen depression before they reach adulthood, 10 to 15 percent of teenagers have some symptoms of teen depression and 5 percent of teens are suffering from major depression. One of the most alarming facts to come from all the research; depression is affecting younger and younger people - adolescents and teenagers. So teen depression is a very common and dangerous disease.

Depression in adolescents can express itself as irritability, hostility, and anger, which can often lead to miss diagnosis.Teenage girls are suffering from depression more than teenage boys.Teens get depressed, including rejection, abuse or low self-esteem. Depression is not caused by chemical imbalances, whether in adolescents, teenagers or adults.

The child may exhibit extreme fear of being separated from a parent or lose interest in participating in games with other children. Depressed people often don't feel much like talking or can't find the words to describe what's wrong.

Symptoms:

Belief that life is not worth living
Decrease in performance at school
Complaints of feeling guilty or worthless
Critical and insolent behavior
Hallucination or strange attitude
Weight has changed
Complains of feeling tired all the time

Also they may have increased problems at school because of skipped classes, lack of interest or motivation, or poor concentration and low mental energy caused by the depression.

There are so many causes of depression but three are main:

Social rejection
Family turmoil
Failing exams

First, there are two kinds of depression:
The sad kind, called major depression, reactive depression, and manic-depression or bipolar illness, when feeling down and depressed alternates with being speeded-up and sometimes acting reckless. Sometimes drug and alcohol use can lead to depression; but more frequently, teens that are depressed seek out alcohol and other drugs to avoid dealing with their depression and how it makes them feel. Often teenagers react to the pain of depression by getting into trouble: trouble with alcohol, drugs, or sex; trouble with school or bad grades; problems with family or friends.

Most teens with mental health problems do not get the help they need. And you can help him/her by contacting to Psychologist, psychiatrist, school counselor or nurse, trusted family member, family doctor or professional at a mental health center.Listen to patient, and make sure your friend knows that you care andEncourage him/her to talk to a professional.that’s is the advantages having friends.

aRiouss…….