Ms. Hope
English 12, 5th Period
1 December 2015 Keep It Hidden Depression has been a worldwide problem since the Great Depression in October 29, 1929. Depression is something that affects people in their everyday lives. Most of the time kids with teen depression. They have symptoms of change in their behavior and thinking they have no motivation to do anything and have the ability to be withdrawn from people. Teen depression could cause kids to steal, try drugs, sleep excessively etc. Teen Depression is a serious medical problem that causes a feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities, it causes how a teen thinks, feels, and behaves and it can cause emotional and physical problems, and it can have serious consequences …show more content…
What caused depression then was loss of jobs and economic difficulty. How do we know that genes play a role in teen depression? Most scientists say that it can deal with the brain patterns in your brain and they also estimate the patterns of illness and the families “hereditary” percentage of what cause is due to genes ("Teen Depression: Causes, Symptoms, Heredity, and Treatments.". ) Genes is a unit of hereditary that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristics of the offspring. So if your mom and father have signs of depression their genes could pass down to you so you could have effects of having depression which is called depression or teen depression if you are considered a teen. Scientist these days have a common idea of what causes teen depression and their known fact is that genes contribute to teen depression. Another reason of what people think teen depression is growing is that life events cause things to go all bad from the start. (Peggy …show more content…
Treatment takes time and you have to be delicate with teens because they are very emotional and feel hurt in depression. If not treated it can cause serious harm and could even cause suicide. Really good effective treatments for teen depression include talk therapy or a combination of talk therapy and medicine. A therapist or a counselor can feed you in help, make you understand and manage your moods and feelings. They will make you how to not think negative in every aspect of life. This will help you build confidence in life situation and the social life you use to have. If your doctor or therapist or counselor think that’s not helping they will proscribe you medicines to ease your mind off depression ("Natural Cures for Depression."). Antidepressants are medicines to be proven from doctors for teens to help erratically. Another treatment that helps teen depression is to be good to yourself. Spend time more with family members and get exercise to take your mind off of