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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.
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Every parent worries about the future of his or
her child. Parents of a depressed teen-ager are likely to be even
more concerned -- and they should be, according to new research.
"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."
Depression should be distinguished from common sadness, says
Gotlib: "Some warning signs are loss of interest, sadness,
fatigue, concentration difficulties, sleep disturbances, and
appetite problems that last for at least two weeks." But, he
cautions, "it's important not to overreact if you see sadness for
a few days in an adolescent."
Serious, scientific examinations of childhood depression have
been rare until relatively recently, says Jeffrey T. Kirchner,
DO, director of the family practice residency program at
Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, Pa. Kirchner and some
colleagues gathered together what literature exists on the
subject, and published a review of it in the Nov. 15 issue of the
journal American Family Physician.
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