A young mind is impressionable and more prone to emotional upheavals than an adult mind. In modern day scenario, the child is so burdened with parental and societal expectations that seemingly small and insignificant occurrences can have a serious affect.
Such incidents that seem insignificant to the mature and adult mind can act as a trigger and lead to child depression or teen depression as the case may be. Teen suicide is the third leading cause of death among children between the age 15 to 24years.
Teens tend to resort to easy and temporary solutions like drugs, alcohol or sex since these are easily available today. These are dangerous shortcuts that tantamount to a temporary escape from a depressed mental state. However, these can actually aggravate suicidal tendencies.
Teen depression can be prevented. The initial support from family can prove to be the best teen depression help that you can find. Although professional and institutional teen depression help is easily available and school counselors and professional therapists can support the situation, parental support is a must.
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Posted on July 15th, 2008 by Dee
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The biological response to stress was developed in humans when our ancestors faced life and death situations. Modern life however is more about emotional stress than physical. And the strange part is that despite the fact that psychological stress is much higher than that in the Stone Age, the human body has not been able to adjust to constant psychological stress.
Constant or severe stress leads to a situation where you are on high alert every time you come across a problem. This happens irrespective of whether it is a simple matter of getting late for office due to a traffic jam or some serious health condition that you are facing. Stress in such conditions is like a fire alarm that is always on and keeps you awake all the time.
Hormones released during a stress response bring about physical changes in the body and keep the body tense. Ideally the body should return to its original normal state after a brief period of stress but continuous stress and the consequent persistently high level of these hormones cause physical stress symptoms.
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