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Post by Brume Okrokoto on Jun 11, 2017 1:15:00 GMT -4
Depression affects both children and adults. Since there is no apparent physical and physiological differences between a child's brain and an adult's brain, there is no reason to think that any ailment including depression can affect only adults. The article did a very good job of highlighting the fact that depression in teenagers actually starts at a much younger age than we previously thought. In almost all cases, society have often considered children as exempted from the affliction of mental illnesses that plague adults. But that myth is being gradually debunked by all the mental cases in children that physicians tend to encounter almost on a regular bases. So, the treatments and preventive measures of mental illness in children should also be taken as seriously as that of older adults and teenagers. But one very interesting concept that i took from this article is that social and developmental factors play a huge role in depression. If this is true, then one can safely conclude that depression in adults also stem largely from social factors as well, rather than from physiological factors as we know it. This sort of thinking, in my opinion, can help us reshape the way we tend to manage the symptoms of depression, not just in children, but in adults as well.
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Post by nkiru frank on Jun 13, 2017 12:36:16 GMT -4
Anxiety and depression are common in patients with cancer and in palliative care settings. These symptoms can be reactive to the illness or can be related to the direct physiologic effects of the disease or to drug therapies. Effective treatment of these symptoms includes both psychopharmacology and psycho therapeutic approaches. The newer anti-depressants, analytics, and hypnotics are better tolerated and can be continued safely if necessary, or they can be reduced and discontinued as symptoms improve. We all need to get involve, as many teenagers are going through depression every day.
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Post by nkiru frank on Jun 13, 2017 12:36:47 GMT -4
Anxiety and depression are common in patients with cancer and in palliative care settings. These symptoms can be reactive to the illness or can be related to the direct physiologic effects of the disease or to drug therapies. Effective treatment of these symptoms includes both psychopharmacology and psycho therapeutic approaches. The newer anti-depressants, analytics, and hypnotics are better tolerated and can be continued safely if necessary, or they can be reduced and discontinued as symptoms improve. We all need to get involve, as many teenagers are going through depression every day.
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Post by mgirard on Jun 16, 2017 23:28:20 GMT -4
Some interesting things to add to this article and possible contributing factors as to why there is a higher incidence of depression in adolescent females rather than males is that:
• Girls generally reach puberty before males
• Puberty is associated with hormonal changes which do not cause depression but can play a role in depression such as conflict with parents, emerging sexuality and identity issues, and increasing pressure to do well in school, sports etc.
• Some females are affected by PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) a type of depression affected by females only requiring treatment.
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Post by rkhonat on Jun 23, 2017 9:44:55 GMT -4
The article is interesting and raises concerns about mental health in children. However I am more interested in the gender disparity and why the resurchers starts their screening for depression in both ages around 11-12. I was under the impression that hormonal fluctuations partially affect mood/depression. If that is ture, then the girls who experience puberty sooner than boys can be a partial reason for the gender difference. Also was their sample size relevant to the population?
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