Children Depression
Depression: Checklist of Symptoms for Adults and Children
Are you feeling low? Have you lost interest in activities that you used to enjoy? You may be suffering from depression. And you’re not alone. Between 9 and 14 million Americans suffer from some form of depressive illness. One in four women and one in 10 men can expect to develop depression in their lifetimes. [...]
Antidepressants For Children
It would seem that a large percentage of the population is on one type of medication or another; some of these people are even on two or more different medications. It seems that there are medications for just about everything, from pain and sickness, to headaches and depression. When most think about these kinds of [...]
Surviving Depression
If the 20th century was considered the most tensed-up period in history, the 21st century is set to exceed it by far. Depression is one of the most serious health hazards of today, and has reached epidemic proportions. We live in a disorderly world where people are highly competitive, commercialized and power hungry. This leads [...]
Depression Warning Signs in Teenagers and Children
Diagnosing clinical depression in adolescents and children is very difficult. Teenagers are often moody and distinguishing between moodiness and depression can be challenging even for youngsters to recognise within themselves. Children and teenagers may not always understand why they are feeling down, express their feelings to others or seek help. Older teenagers especially are often [...]
Depression in Children – The Permanent and Effective Cures
Depression in definition is not the same as suffering from a bad mood or feeling low for a few days. This is even more evident for depression in children when you notice they seem to move about with their daily activities with a dreaded sense of enjoyment, constant gloominess, inefficiency to carry out normal tasks [...]
Mental Illness in Children: Some Facts and Sources
Mental illness in children is on the rise for many reasons: bullying at school, being in a hurricane, violence in the family and/or community, seeing a school shooting, worries about terrorism, and a change in brain chemistry at maturation. An increasing number of children are experiencing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Depression in children, including [...]
