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Dissociative Identity Disorder

Assessment and Treatment of Depression in Adolescence

Abstract
Today's youth are faced with many challenges including depression, substance use and suicide. Depressive disorders in adolescence are a major health concern. Depression often disrupts normal development due to the negative impact it has on social and educational functioning. This paper focuses on adolescent depression, as well as its assessment and treatment. Additionally, an examination of both risk and protective factors of adolescent depression, and implications these relationships have for prevention and adolescent health behavior.

Adjusting to physical and hormonal changes, becoming more independent, an increase parent-child conflict, social and academic responsibilities, and a desire for intimacy with others are examples of stressors that may predispose an adolescent to experience depression. The challenges faced by youth today are reflected in a host of problems, including depression, substance use or abuse......


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Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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