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Teenage Depression and Suicide

We all get down about situations in our lives once in a while. Most teens can balance the problems with friends or a bad grade here or there. It is when it goes beyond “Sad or down” to depressed that causes many problems including suicide. Depression is an ever increasing problem with the current teen population, because of so many things going on in society these days. But depression affects many more teenagers than people think, but only about 20% of these depressed teens ever receive help. Teenage girls are especially high risk for depression, as well as teens with disorders such as learning, conduct, attention, anxiety disorders or a loss of a family member or friend.
“Depression is defined as an illness when the feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and despair persist and interfere with a child or adolescent’s ability to function.” There are many pressures in the teen years including changes from puberty, the......

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