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What is Teen Depression?
Teen Depression is an illness that can affect the thoughts, mood, and physical health of a child. It is characterized by overwhelming feelings of sadness, emptiness, and worthlessness. With depression, these feelings are severe enough that it may interfere with work and relationships with a teen experiencing these issues [more].
What are the effects of Depression?
Depression is a long-term condition involving several symptoms that can negatively affect work, relationships, and the quality of life of teens that suffer from it. About 17% of the U.S. population experiences depression at some time in their lives. Depression is more common in girls but can happen to anyone, regardless of race, income, or education. Recent surveys show an astounding rise with depression in teenagers.
How Teen Depression is Defined?
Depression is classified as a psychiatric illness. The term psychiatric illness is a general term that covers a wide range of disorders. In the past, ignorance and fear contributed to a social stigma regarding psychiatric illness. It is becoming more widely known that psychiatric problems such as depression are common.
In the past, many parents misunderstood depressive disorders in teenagers. Depression is not just feeling blue. It is not a sign of weakness or lack of character of a child that suffers from it. An adolescent child cannot just snap out of being depressed. These misinformed attitudes can harm depressed teens by causing them to avoid acknowledging their illness and seeking treatment. Without treatment, depression can last for months, or even years.
Depression is an illness that causes more disability than diabetes, coronary artery disease, or arthritis. The World Health Organization estimates that depression will be the second-leading cause of disability by the year 2020 .
What Causes Depression among Teenagers?
Teen Depression is likely caused by a combination of biological, genetic, and psychological factors.
The cause of depression for most teenagers is likely a combination of biological (brain chemistry), psychosocial (life stressors), and genetic (inherited) factors. Much about depression among teenagers is not yet known, and researchers continue to investigate more specific causes.
Teen Depression May Run in Families.
If you have a close relative with a history of depression, you are 1.5 to 3 times more likely to become depressed than someone with no family history of depression. This is likely due at least in part to heredity. For example, an adopted child whose biological parent's have a history of depression have an increased risk for depression as a teen, even if the child's adoptive family has no history of depression. However, nongenetic factors within the environment of some families may also increase the risk of depression among teenagers. Learned behavior, social environment, and economic conditions may contribute to the development of depression among teens.
The treatment programs we work with that specialize in treating teen depression are State Licensed intervention programs for children who may be experiencing emotional, academic, and/or behavioral problems as a result of depression.
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