| Adolescent Depression: | | | | When a person suffers a bout of adolescent |
| The pressures of modern living are also having a | | | | depression it will generally last for about eight months |
| detrimental effect on our adolescent youth. Take a | | | | and teenagers are also at risk that the subsequent |
| look at the following statistics and be amazed. | | | | attack of adolescent depression will strike them |
| Figures never lie and they are perhaps the best | | | | within a mere two years and the chances of this |
| means to highlight certain facts and when they are | | | | happening are about twenty to forty percent, and |
| brought to the notice of the general public leave a | | | | there is also a seventy percent chance that they will |
| lasting impression. It is important to gain the attention | | | | experience another attack of adolescent depression |
| of all who want to learn about what the statistics are | | | | before they have even reached full adulthood. |
| saying. There are no doubts that statistics are | | | | Thirdly, another feature of adolescent depression is |
| nothing more and nothing less than concrete | | | | that quite a few teenagers will suffer from attacks |
| concepts that have the power to sway even the | | | | of seasonal depression. This form of depression is |
| most skeptical of minds, and it will even show the | | | | most likely to strike during the wintertime, it is also |
| young generation the true picture with respect to | | | | found in places where the altitude is on the high side. |
| adolescent depression. | | | | Even the weather can play a significant part in the |
| Twenty Percent Of Teenagers Are Sufferers | | | | onset of seasonal depression, which means that |
| The first thing that will make you sit up and take | | | | teenagers also need to be aware of these external |
| notice about statistics pertaining to adolescent | | | | effects on the state of mind.. |
| depression is the news that nearly a fifth of the | | | | Fourthly, other figures related to adolescent |
| teenage population in the US has experienced a form | | | | depression reveal that dysthymia or a mild form of |
| of clinical depression, even before having gained full | | | | depression that lasts for a long time will affect about |
| adulthood. | | | | two percent of teenagers and a like percentage of |
| Not only that, but there are about ten to fifteen | | | | teenagers are also likely to suffer from bipolar |
| percents of teenagers that have shown symptoms | | | | depression when they grow older. In fact, it is |
| of adolescent depression and another five percent of | | | | thought that as many as fifteen percent of |
| the teenage population will have suffered from | | | | teenagers that have suffered from major depression |
| significant depression. | | | | will later on be at risk of developing bipolar |
| Secondly, another alarming aspect to adolescent | | | | depression. |
| depression is the fact that there is not much social | | | | Thus, it is safe to say that adolescent depression will |
| acceptance when it concerns teenagers with such a | | | | affect teenagers no matter their social background, |
| condition, and what's worse is the fact that as many | | | | income level, gender as well as race or even their |
| as eight percent of teenagers will have experienced | | | | achievements and that adolescent depression is very |
| the re-occurrence of depression at least once a year. | | | | common mental health problem affecting teenagers in |
| This is alarming because only a mere five percent of | | | | the US. |
| the national population suffer from depression. | | | | |