Childhood Depression

Anxiety and Depression. It is becoming more prevalent in society that we hear these two words than fifty years ago. As future generations are born, more and more people seem to be diagnosed with either of these mental diseases and it is worrisome to the human development. These diseases have negatively impacted the human growth by effecting school and work performance, making relationships, and putting stress within the immediate family. This research paper will go over these topics between children and adults including the similarities and differences between the two. Childhood depression can affect a child in a variety of ways. It may change the way a child learns or how they develop relationships with others and can have a negative impact. They may have low motivation to work and become easily irritated with other children and the teacher (kidsmatter.edu). Since the child does not have a drive to learn in the school room they can fall behind from not paying attention to their lessons and seem withdrawn from the classroom. While they are falling behind academically, they may begin to fall behind in socialization. Since some adolescents may become more …show more content…
They may also express unexplained aches and pain and show more withdrawal (Insight into). This could be due to the fact that they do not know how to explain what is going on with them. Most children have not yet developed the social skills to comprehend these emotions which makes it more difficult for them to reach out for help. While major similarities between the two is feeling sadness for more than two weeks, loss of interest in things that they used to love, change in appetite, and suicidal thoughts. For the most part depression and anxiety in adults and children are the same they just have different life hurdles to manage along with the mental