Are you worried that your teen is suffering from depression? Do you want to know more about the link between ADD and depression in teens? ADD and depression often come linked together and can cause great deals of confusion, pain and stress for teenagers and their families. Dealing with ADD and depression can be quite [...]
Teen depression sounds silly to some, people go around saying thins like what a teenager has to be depressed about and make things even worse. The truth is that teenagers get depressed like everyone else, that is normal, but in some cases that goes over regular sadness and goes into real depression. When that happens teenagers can be in real trouble, and don’t try to compare that with emo teens, that is a totally different thing. Teen depression is a very serious issue for the simple reason; teenagers don’t know how to deal with those feelings, at that time they need help. But how to recognize a normal two day depressed state of your child because of some passing thing and a real depression? Once you do, there are things you can do about it, things that will help your child, but is there a way to avoid teen depression and is there anyone to blame for teen depression?
It is amazing how fast things can change; how pure innocence can turn to arrogance and adventuresome. It seems up until your first year in high school, you feel safe from anything. You are preoccupied with life as how you knew it from the start, when in school you’re intrigued to hear rumors in junior [...]
Suicide is one of the most complicated situations that a person can experience, either directly or indirectly. Having to deal with problems and issues either your own or someone else that you care about can be too much too handle. Oftentimes, help is needed in order to help someone who is having suicidal thoughts or [...]
Self-injury can start early in life, research suggests that early onset self-injury is common around the age of 7, although it can begin earlier. Most often, however, self-injury behaviors begin in middle adolescence between the ages of 12 and 15. This is also the time when adolescent mids are open to suggestion from outside sources [...]
Depression is defined as an illness when the feelings of depression persist and interfere with a child or adolescent’s ability to function. It affects about 55 of children and adolescents at any given moment. Children under stress, who experience loss, or who have attentional, learning, conduct or anxiety disorders are at a higher risk for [...]
Here is an article worth sharing about teen depression of boys. It was written by Ellen Mcgrath. They’re young, they’re often highly visible—and they’re in deep trouble. America’s adolescent boys may look strong as they swagger down the street, but in reality they are the population at highest risk today for all kinds of serious [...]