Many people think that only girls with teen depression are affected by what are known as eating disorders. But, studies have revealed that teen boys and young men are also affected by body-image issues. These issues are generally caused by use of drugs or supplements, binge drinking and so on. Even in the new studies conducted, it has been found that more than 30% of teen boys are having the habit of binge eating, binge drinking and purging of food. From this, it is quite clear that eating disorders are not just the issue of girls alone. Continue reading “Teen Depression And Drug Addiction Fueled By Body Image Issues”
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Parents should necessarily know about teen depression because chances of teens getting affected by this problem have been increasing in the recent times. There are certain common signs like foul moods, sadness, out-of-character behavior that may indicate that your teens have this problem. But, there are a few uncommon signs also that point towards this problem. Continue reading “Uncommon Signs that Point Towards Teen Depression”
It is heartening to note that many parents are making efforts to acquire a good amount of details and information about teen depression. But, at the same time, different types of myths still prevail in the minds of a large number of parents. It is necessary that these parents should have clear and right information. Let us have a look. Continue reading “Myths Related to Teen Depression”
Nowadays, most of the teenagers are dealing with anxiety and depression. As a parent, it is essential for you to find out whether your child is coping with any kind of teen depression. Once you ascertain that your teenager is suffering from depression, you can take suitable steps to treat your child from this unusual condition. However, the main question is how to find out whether your child is facing depression. Following are 6 facts about teen depression and solutions to overcome the same. Continue reading “6 Facts about Teen Depression and Overcoming It”
Many parents have a lot of misconceptions about teen depression. Some of them correlate this problem with the bad moods of their teens or their occasional sadness. If you are a parent, you should realize that depression in your teens can be a serious problem. If you do not recognize and treat it on time, your teens may get entangled in several other problems like drug or alcohol addiction, unprotected sex and pregnancy, sexually-transmitted-diseases, violence, suicidal tendencies. You must rise to the occasion and ensure to offer the support your teens require for getting back their normal lives. Continue reading “Teen depression: What Parents Need to Know and How to Help”
As a parent, you may worry if your child has been affected by teen depression. But, instead of worrying like this, you should take the concrete step of knowing fully about the problem including its signs. Many parents just ignore or brush aside these signs and lament later that had they taken cognizance of those signs, they would have treated the problem on time. But, they have to pay the price for their retarded awakening. Continue reading “Signs that Your Child Is Under the Grip of Teen Depression”
Self harm is often a way to cope with certain problems. It helps to express your feelings which can’t be defined in words or to release emotional pain. Folks, especially teens who resort to self harm feel better after a while. However, the painful feeling returns again, and the person develops a feeling to harm himself again. If the problem is left unattended, it can have adverse effects on the life of the teenager. Therefore, parents of such children must understand the criticalilty of the problem and take suitable steps to resolve teen depression that leads to self harm. Continue reading “When Teen Depression Is Accompanied By Self-harm”
When you ask some teenagers to name the social networking site that they cannot keep themselves from visiting even a single day, most of them will give ‘Facebook’ as their answer. Even, some of them might point out ‘Twitter’ as well. Social media is turning out to be the mainstream in the lives of many teens and adults these days just because of the fact that they can view the images of their friends and relatives, which is not possible with phone calls. Even though, these sites enable stronger relationships, it has been pointed out that they are acting as the important cause for teen depression as well. Continue reading “How Social Networking Sites Can Lead To Teen Depression”
Teen depression ranks among the fastest growing and the most threatening problems we all face. Though there are certain experts who opine that gender plays a role in this problem, it is yet to be categorically established. As of now, this problem affects teens of both the genders more or less equally. Even other factors like social status, family income, race, educational background, achievements, etc. do not seem to have any role in this problem. Continue reading “What Does Gender Have to do with Teen Depression?”
It has been long suspected that Migraine and depression has some sort of a connection. The fact that it really does, got substantiated in a recent study conducted by researchers from Toronto University. The study which was conducted by experts have shown that while only 3% of men without migraine suffer depression, almost 8% of those with migraine have fallen prey to depression. Even the women candidates confirm to this findings. 12% of women migraineurs have depression while less than 6% of non sufferers have it. The even more appalling fact is that teen patients of migraine are at even greater risk of having teen depression. Continue reading “Relationship Between Teen Depression and Migraine”