Teen Depression ?
Q.Does your child get headaches or stomachaches whenever it's time to go to school? Or is she a well-behaved, straight-A student -- who never plays with other kids? Each of these two very different children may suffer from depression, but how would their parents know for sure? A new paper attempts to shed light on this dark subject.
A.This is a place for teens to come together and talk about depression. I have made this page because I have not found another page that focuses on teenage depression although it is a real problem. I myself am 14 years old and depressed. I have put a message board in which we can all post and help each other. Please feel free to post on it. Also feel free to e-mail me, there is a link to email me with to the left. "Having a depressive episode as a teen more than doubled the risk of having another depressive episode in young adulthood," says Ian H. Gotlib, PhD, co-author of the study. The study also found that only about one in four people who had been diagnosed with depression as teens said they remained free of psychiatric illness in early adulthood. "As a general rule of thumb, depression in adolescence seems to be underdiagnosed and underappreciated," says Robert L. Findling, MD, of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, who commented on the study for WebMD. "We are quite aware that this is a malignant and potentially lethal disorder. The leading cause of death in young people is suicide. But the earlier the disorder is caught, the less malignant it is, just like any disorder in medicine. "There's a lack of appreciation that depression is a dysregulation of mood, just as diabetes is a dysregulation of blood sugar," Findling says. "We see youngsters with profound disturbances in function who suffer needlessly because parents or other well-meaning adults say it's part of being a teen-ager or it's just a phase."
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