Depression and Anxiety in Teens

In the pop personality test (collected MMPI) not only the name of the Minnesota multifaceted personal catalog but also the data collected from the responses analyzed by researchers at five different universities, the number of young people who suffer from anxiety and depression with results It was shown that it is one of 5 times. Early in the 20th century. The exact cause of the sharp slope of youth's mental disorders is unknown. In order to reduce the ever-increasing number, we must identify the fundamental problem of moving these minds.

Young people listening - when I asked them, they told me - based on hard-wired and / or genetics, depression and anxiety are permanent. Teenagers may be some genetic factors of anxiety and depression, genes of anxiety and depression in known genes, but may be reliable scientific to explain completely the cause of depression There is no evidence. Children with untreated anxiety disorder are one of the most important predictors of depression in adolescents and young people, where most teenagers and parents do not know the facts. Since anxiety is a major mental health problem for young people it is not surprising that the incidence of depression in adolescents has increased.

We say that anxiety and depression influence many of you and 10% of adults in the US are feeling stress and anxiety everyday. Depression and anxiety can have a major impact on our daily life and overall health. We can influence our emotions, social interactions, sleeping etc, but can our daily behavior predict the severity of anxiety and depression? Our research team is trying to find more. Severe depression is largely related to discordance of sleep patterns and disorders, such as spending a lot of time waking up in bed. People who take medications of anxiety or depression may have better sleep than those who are not receiving treatment, but sleep patterns are not consistent. Participants who were previously hospitalized for anxiety or depression tend to lose consistency in their sleep patterns.

Since 2012, high school students' anxiety and depression are increasing. The study journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics shows recently released data that the number of young people has increased by 37% since 2012, and has experienced moderate depressive episodes and MDE moderate. In 2015, over 3 million teenagers experienced MDE. Approximately 30% of girls and 20% boys, suffer from anxiety disorders, affecting the daily functions of 3 million teens, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Unfortunately, this figure is lower than the reality, as an example of MDE in our society is a rampant social dishonor of driving mental health that has not been reported yet