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