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Teenage Depression: Suicides
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Teenage depression is a common enough phenomenon in today’s adolescents. This is attributed to the stress associated with the normal maturation process combined with surging hormones that are found during this period in life. Youngsters who experience loss or have learning, conduct, or anxiety disorders are more prone to bouts of depression than others. Problems at home or parents who suffer from depression make some youngsters more vulnerable to teenage depression. Many ... turn to suicide, finding themselves unable to deal with their mental condition. Characteristics of depression in children are different from those found in adults.
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Treatments for teenage Depression can include medications known as anti-depressants. These medications all work in different ways but are very effective. Unfortunately they ... come with very serious side effects. A decision regarding medication can be made with the advice of your child's doctor. Children under the age of 21 should be monitored closely if they on antidepressants because they can cause your child to have suicidal thoughts.
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Teenage depression causes an increased risck of suicide. The numbers are alarmingly higher in guys because they are more likely to use more immediate means such as a bullet to the head. Girls tend to take less extreme measures so theirs are often unsuccessful. It is very important that teachers and counselors take talks of suicide seriously when it comes to these teens.
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Treatments (for) teenage depression are very similar to adult treatments as are the causes of Depression. Help is available to you to help you help your teen. It is important that you let your teen know that you love them and that you are there for them. Monitor them closely when they are taking antidepressants because they can cause suicidal thoughts in children up to the age of 21. There is hope for your teen. Recovery is possible.
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Recent research has shown that drug treatment for depression is over prescribed though being rather dangerous when dealing with treatment for teenage depression. According to FDA, 2% to 4% of teens who were given anti-depressant drugs start having suicidal thoughts.
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[W]hen this sadness and depression reaches a point where they feel it all or most of the time over a long period of time, it can become incapacitating. A teen with severe depression may become so overwhelmed by the pain of these feelings, that he or she begins to feel there is no escape. The risk of suicide becomes paramount. Mood disorders, predominantly depression and bi-polar disorder are thought to affect one in seven people. Because teens are already moody and unpredictable due to other changes and pressures in their lives, parents must know how to differentiate between the normal struggles of adolescent growth and serious emotional problems.
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