Parents are very concerned about the increased incidence of teen depression. In this context, there is no other option available for them except to acquire as much knowledge about this problem as possible. Though the Internet has a lot of information about this problem, parents should discuss with their doctor also to get some valuable advice. If you are a parent and if your child has been affected, you should ask the following questions to your doctor so that you can have a good amount of information about teen depression. Continue reading “Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Teen Depression”
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According to a survey, suicide is rated as the third main cause of deaths among adolescents. Parents as well as experts are highly concerned about this and experts advise parents, teachers to acquire as much knowledge as possible about teen depression and teen suicides so that these dangers can be averted. In fact, a number of myths remain about teen depression and suicides. The intention of this article is to dispel these myths so as to help people intervene at the right time. Continue reading “Myths About Teen Depression and Suicide”
When you are experiencing some difficulties in your relationships, the culprit might be depression. A research has shown how depression is closely connected to associations in a cyclical fashion: Depression can affect the quality of your relationships, and the characteristics of your bonding can bring about an effect in the level of your depression. In other words, when you are depressed, you will pay lesser attention to your spouse or you will be less involved, more irritable and even you will have trouble in spending time together. All these things can affect your association. Similarly, problems in association like difficulty in resolving issues, withdrawal, lack of communication and higher conflict can lead to depression. Continue reading “When Depression Affects Your Relationships”
Gayathri Ramprasad is the president and the founder of the ASHA International, which is a non-profit organization for the promotion of community, organizational and personal wellness. She revealed that she struggled with depression, panic attacks and anxiety for more than a decade in her life. She also said that like many people, she too was struggling to find a remedy to get out of her problems. She began to think that wellness is a distant dream when different medications, electroconvulsive therapy, psychotherapy and many other techniques seemed to be useless for her. Many victims of teen depression face similar situations. Continue reading “What Can Work For Teen Depression”
Most of us think that adults only feel depressed, but even children and teenagers face this problem. However, this condition in children and teen depression is treatable. It can be defined as a condition when the feeling of depression continues and even interfere with the ability of the child or teenager to function. A record shows that nearly five percent of kids and teens face the problem of depression at any given point of time. Kids under stress and who experience anxiety, conduct, learning or attention disorders are at higher risk of depression. This condition tends to run in families as well. Continue reading “Children And Teen Depression”
When you are depressed, you will sense loneliness and may feel that you are the only person struggling with this level of pain. You may will also begin to think that these struggling circumstances will never get better. However you are not alone and you might be surprised to know that many people, who are celebrities in the present circumstances were once suffering from teen depression. When you get to know these people, you will gain back your confidence and will begin to think that you too can become like these celebrities at some point in the future: Continue reading “Celebrities Who Battled Teen Depression”
A recent study conducted in the United Kingdom made a wonderful introduction for health. A biological marker is the new discovery and it is meant for identifying clinical depression in teenage boys. This discovery is identified as a milestone for health researchers, who have so far been experiencing a slow progress in finding biological signposts of teen depression. Continue reading “Biological Marker That Indicates Teen Depression”
You may notice notice the signs of teen depression instantly, as most of them are difficult to identify. They may weigh you down slowly, making it hard for you to come out of teen depression. Let’s imagine that each of your shoe weighs 10 pounds, pants weight 40 and shirt weighs 20 pounds. Also think what will happen if the weight of your hair increases and pushes your head down into the shoulders. Generally, when we breath our chest expands unconsciously, but imagine that if this act turns to be a harder task like picking up a gallon of milk. Imagine that you are finding it hard to lift your eyelids and that your thoughts are slower. When all these things happen, each and every activity that you earlier saw as a pleasure would be riddled with fear. Continue reading “Act Quickly When You Notice Signs Of Teen Depression”
Though there are a few experts who opine that victims of teen depression may try to find solace in video games or in browsing the Internet, a study conducted during 2010 could not categorically conclude that teens affected by depression indulge in excessive media use. Continue reading “Victims of Teen Depression Resort to Video Games and Internet”
Those diagnosed of the problem of teen depression may not be able to sleep properly. This shows that teen depression has some links with lack of sleep. The fact is that lack of sleep is one of the main symptoms of depression though it cannot be said that lack of sleep is caused only due to it. Continue reading “Teen Depression Linked to Lack of Sleep”