It is commonly known that today’s adolescent have the mental state of most mental health patients in the 20th century. This is due to the pressure that is put on adolescents and the factors in their life that contributes to their mental state. Many adolescents are clinically or socially associated with depression. Psychologist have been studying what exactly triggers the surfacing of depression in adolescents and have concluded that the main triggers. The main triggers of depression in an adolescent are school-related stress, peer pressure, and stress put upon them from society and their families. The sources found conclude the correlation of these aspects of an adolescent’s life and the contribution these aspects have to adolescent depression.
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School is a major contributing factor in the surfacing of depression in adolescents. Dunn, Milliren, Evans, Subramanian, and Richmond(2015) studied the effects of school and neighborhood on the risk of depression in adolescents. They examined an experiment in their article “Disentangling the relative influence of schools and neighborhoods on adolescents ' risk for depressive symptoms” which showed school and neighborhood effects on the risk of depression in adolescents.This article concluded that school environments have a significant potential to affect the mental health of adolescent. Dunn et. al(2015) stated that schools are a contributing factor to the population of adolescents to showing a risk of …show more content…
These difference were in age, gender, substance abuse, and alcohol abuse. This article, “Adolescent depression: Important Facts that Matter,” discusses the variables of adolescents who are known to show signs of depression over the general population of adolescents. The study concluded that teenagers in their 15 to 16 years, females, and smokers showed a significant increase in depression than those of a younger age(p. 69). This article also discussed the importance of nursing on an adolescent’s mental health in reducing the risk of depression. In the article adolescents who smoke and drink alcohol tend to have a significant increase in depressive symptoms. The study also showed that depressive adolescents tend to succumb to alcohol use and substance
School is a major contributing factor in the surfacing of depression in adolescents. Dunn, Milliren, Evans, Subramanian, and Richmond(2015) studied the effects of school and neighborhood on the risk of depression in adolescents. They examined an experiment in their article “Disentangling the relative influence of schools and neighborhoods on adolescents ' risk for depressive symptoms” which showed school and neighborhood effects on the risk of depression in adolescents.This article concluded that school environments have a significant potential to affect the mental health of adolescent. Dunn et. al(2015) stated that schools are a contributing factor to the population of adolescents to showing a risk of …show more content…
These difference were in age, gender, substance abuse, and alcohol abuse. This article, “Adolescent depression: Important Facts that Matter,” discusses the variables of adolescents who are known to show signs of depression over the general population of adolescents. The study concluded that teenagers in their 15 to 16 years, females, and smokers showed a significant increase in depression than those of a younger age(p. 69). This article also discussed the importance of nursing on an adolescent’s mental health in reducing the risk of depression. In the article adolescents who smoke and drink alcohol tend to have a significant increase in depressive symptoms. The study also showed that depressive adolescents tend to succumb to alcohol use and substance