Depression

Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. People with a Depression cannot seem to "pull themselves together" and get better. Without treatment, symptoms can last for weeks, months, or years. Appropriate treatment, can help most people with depression. Estimates on how many adolescents experience depression vary from 3% to 6%. At any given time, from 2%to 10% of school-age children are suffering from depression. Depression also tends to be more common in adolescents who have a history of depression in their families. Parents; you should be aware of this and keep you children by your side to cut out all that can be depressing