Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Emerging research suggests thoughts about killing oneself and engaging in suicidal behavior may begin much younger than previously thought. Experts say that about one in nine youths attempt suicide by the time they graduate from high school. A new study finds that nearly 40 percent of young adults who said they had tried suicide said that [...]
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
With growing concern about mental health issues and suicide among adolescents, more schools and communities are using voluntary screening programs to identify at-risk kids, today’s Informed Patient column reports.The programs rely on free questionnaires that have been shown to be reliable indicators of depression in adolescents including the Columbia University-developed TeenScreen and the Patient Health [...]
Some 2 million Americans adolescents experienced a bout of major depression last year, but only about a third of them got any help in dealing with the sadness, irritability, anxiety, guilt and loss of interest and energy that are the hallmarks of such episodes, a report says.The new findings, tallied by the federal government’s Substance [...]
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Answers to students’ frequently asked questions about depression. Depression can occur during adolescence, a time of great personal change. You may be facing changes in where you go to school, your friends, your after-school activities, as well as in relationships with your family members. You may have different feelings about the type of person you [...]
Note: If you’re a parent or educator interested in information about children and depression, my page might be more helpful. Introduction Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. Of course, it was over thirty years ago, but I still remember with painful clarity what it was like to be a teenager with depression. The sadness, [...]
It’s thirty years ago, but I can still remember in painful detail what it was like to be a teenager with depression. I felt lost all the time. I dragged myself through weekdays and evenings, and weekends I spent as much time as possible in some form of escapism, mainly reading and television. When I [...]
