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FACTS ABOUT
TEENAGE
DEPRESSION

2. Teens are known to be rebellious,
emotional and moody at times.
Parents you may think your child is
having a bad day if this continue they
may be depressed.

3. There is a thin line that separated sadness
and mood swing with depression, a serious
medical problem.

4. HERE ARE 5 FACTS
ABOUT DEPRESSION AND
HOW TO OVERCOME IT

5. Depression goes beyond shifting
of moods and normal sadness.
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DEPRESSION IS NOT YOUR
NORMAL MOODINESS.

6. How to Overcome:
Keep an open mind, be willing to
ask for help. Talk to someone you
trust about feeling. BFF, Teacher,
Parent. Find more help here.

7. Depression affects about 20% of adolescents
by the time they become adults according to
medicinenet.com. It’s not about Age, Race
or Financial Status.
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AFFECTS

8. How to Overcome:
Teen Peer Support:.
“Build me up and I with you. For we are more
one than two.” Deborah Day

9. Depression is anger inward.
Talk to someone you trust.
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ANGER.

10. How to Overcome:
Do not let your anger control you.
Let go and trust that you are love
think positive.

11. Teens are often overlook by Parents as just
having a bad day or being petty. It’s important to
be aware that 80% of teenager at home do not
receive treatment. Parental abandonment is also
causes, which can lead to depression.
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Starts at home!

12. How to Overcome:
“Nothing is better for self-esteem than
survival.” Martha Gellhorn.
It may not be easy but you will
overcome.

13. Clinical depression can be treated diagnosis
is not the end of the world. There is Hope.
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TREATABLE

14. How to Overcome:
Do not loose hope.
“They say a person needs just three things to be truly
happy in this world: someone to love, something to do,
and something to hope for.” Tom Bodett

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Related Links:
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/teen-depression-
signs-help.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/teen-
depression/basics/definition/con-20035222
http://www.medicinenet.com/teen_depression/article.htm
http://www.psychologicalselfhelp.org/Chapter6/chap6_44.html