Depression is somewhat common in all age group of people. Teenage children also feel some
depression, sadness, inferiority feeling. Depression is a serious medical problem which leads long lasting
effects on feeling, interest, behavior, and creates emotional, functional & physical complaints.
Most of children don’t narrate their complaints or feeling but it is shown in their activity and behavior.
Research
says about 20% of all teens experience depression before they reach adulthood, between 10-15 % suffer
from symptoms at any one time.
Sign and symptoms of depression in teen
• Loss of happiness, hopelessness, sadness, poor grooming
• Withdrawal of social activities, school activity and games
• Remain silent, not mix-up in friend circle
• Irritability, anger, hostile interaction, start to hide information
• Poor performance in academic activity and school examination
• Problem with peer group and parents
• Changes in daily routine like eating, sleeping, awakening, defecation etc
.• Changes in bodily expression like fear, frightened, stooping, speech etc
.• Tearfulness, crying in alone, sitting alone
• Feeling of worthlessness
• Loss of memory, forgetfulness
• Thoughts and comments of suicide in deep depression and try too.
The symptoms of depression range from mild to severe; it can be measure by several depression
inventory tools and scales.Cause of depression:There may be lots of cause of depression of teenage which can be explore by systematic intervention and talking with children, parents and peer group.
Some of common cause is following
• Body appearance- during teenage periods lots of changes
