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Depression (The gender gap in depression (more adult women than men…
Depression
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Situations
The idea that children can be depressed is something that has only been recently accepted by psychologists.
1980s: adolescents were considered too developmentally immature to be able to experience such a grown-up affliction.
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Children who have had recent depression and those who had depression a while ago are very similar to each other in terms of school function and likelihood of suicide.
Solutions
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Teachers and others who work with children should learn to recognize the signs of childhood depression
When you are seeing young people with symptoms consistent with depression it is really much, much better to get them connected to a pediatrician to get them a comprehensive mental health assessment and hook them into treatment sooner rather than later
Alarming data
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By the time they hit age 17, 13.6 percent of boys and a staggering 36.1 percent of girls have been or are depressed.
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Depression is usually considered an issue parents have to watch out for starting in the turbulent teenage years.