Teenage Depression

Abstract
Teenage depression is a very serious issue in our world today. Many adolescents are unaware of what causes depression, how to recognize it, and how it can be treated.





















Teenage Depression


No one cares. Does anyone notice me? I don’t fit in. Here I sit alone again! What will I do with my life? These are thoughts that go through every adolescents mind. But for some adolescents these thoughts don’t go away with time and depression may set in. For many adolescents they do not understand what depression is, who is affected most commonly by it, what some signs that we may use to recognize it, and how we can help those who do suffer.
The rates of teenage depression are rising higher and higher every year. “Adolescents are found to be especially vulnerable to this particular disease because of the challenges and unsteadiness of self which happen to be characteristic of that period, especially in the early stages”(...