Depression in Youth
Adolescence is the most risky period for depression. The young people who are trying to cope with school problems are engaged in the process of being independent and forming their identity and building their future.
There may be conflicts with parents in this period. Parents should be able to distinguish between the problems of adolescence or the child's depression.
- Irritability
- Unhappiness
- Unwillingness
- Tiredness-fatigue
- Behavioral problems
- Frequent fight
- School problems
- Safety problems
- Close up
- Room closure
- Lying
- Escape from school
- Fall of course achievement
- Thinking that you are not loved
- Sleep problems
- Attention issues
- Appetite problems
- Negativity about life
In the presence of mentioned symptoms, the parents should think that there may be depression in their child and seek help from a child and adolescent psychiatrist.