causes of depression in teens

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Causes of Depression in Teens
Depression is a common mental health illness that has rooted in developed and underdeveloped societies during the last three decades. It is a condition that involves alteration of psychic and physical conditions of persons. It is well evident that depression can occur at any age and it has more serious consequences on the lives of adolescents. Teen depression affects the way in which teen feels, thinks, and behaves in life. It can lead towards severe emotional dysfunction along with physical problems as well. Depression in teens has different potential effects that can include psychological, genetic and environmental factors associated with it.
One of the major causes of teen depression is of different stresses at school. It can be student’s bad grade and even, it can be pressure of parents for becoming an achiever. This peer pressure can also damage students’ social life and on mental health. Some children might be doing their best in school and sometimes, there are special needs for students that need to be addressed by school teachers and parents. As a result of it, the child does not share its feelings and emotions with their parents and it can also lead towards more serious impacts in life, like teenage suicides. Becoming a part of solving their problem and communicating with teenagers can help in reducing the problem to a much greater extent. If the student is not performing well, the parents can consult with teachers to look for alternate education grounds.

For example, some children require extra attention in teaching and for them, parents should realize about special children education program from government. Another cause can be because of the bullying students. Bullying is a common practice in almost every state-funded and privately-owned school. Some of these bullying are quite intense that makes the children feel reluctant to share with their parents. Schools should have to be comfortable for students for enhance their learning outlooks thereby reducing the causes of teenage depression.
Another core reason behind teen depression is dysfunctional home. The environment at home develops the traits and habits of teenagers at the very early age. Parents are usually busy in working late for making both ends meet and this leave a vacuum for teenagers in their lives. Teenagers begin questioning their importance and status in family thereby leading them towards feelings of loneliness and subsequently, depression. Most of the times, children expect their parents to become supportive and communicate with them. For example, a teenager whose parents are busy and do not take interest in their lives, are more prone to depression. It can also be linked with school and teaching outlooks. Teenagers, who are being bullied, like to share their bullying experience; however, it would not be possible if the parents are busy and do not have time for their children. In extreme cases, teenagers can also be bullied by their siblings, both physically and verbally. Lack of communication of this behavior with parents would lead to severe depression and in rare cases suicides. Teens follow the footsteps of their parents. Consider an example of cheating husband or wife; they would have frequent quarrels in home that can be escalated to physical abuse. These quarrels have a negative impact on psychological wellbeing of teenager’s lives and can lead them to become violent in future.
Sick, death or loss of life of an important person also lead to teen depression. Some common symptoms include, change of appetite pattern, insomnia, anger, fatigue, poor grades at school, and more importantly, becoming an alcohol or drug addict. The feeling of losing someone creates a vacuum and a feeling of hopelessness in the lives of teens. However, if the teenager becomes sick, s/he would need extra attention and care from their parents. Considering that they are not there during the harsh time, would induce a feeling of loneliness and seclusion thereby leading towards depression. Hence, the parents should have to accompany their children while they are going through difficult times in their life. In extreme cases of the life-threatening disease, teenagers face much severe depression because they start feeling about their death and about the emptiness of their life. For making them feel more comfortable, siblings and close friends can play their part in making them feel important by inducing a sense of continue their fighting against disease.
Teenage depression is also because of lack of stable social status and communication skills. Teenagers require a person to communicate about their good and bad life experiences. It can be his/her parents, friends and sometimes, teachers. The lack of communication would make the teens vulnerable to the thoughts of uselessness and loneliness those results in depression and social anxiety issues. Parents must have to find ways to communicate with their children despite the busyness of their lives.
Teenagers go through a tough time in their lives and are subjected to enormous pressure during this specific time span. The causes of depression can be a lack of communication, different stresses at school and most importantly, the dysfunctional environment at home. All these are factors that generate a severe depression in teenagers. However, for mitigating the problems, it is vital to address these issues by making the environment more conducive for teens.