Depression As A Depression: The Causes Of Depression

Ever noticed one of your friends was sad, it seemed a little more than just that, that’s depression. Depression is more than just being occasionally sad, this is a serious illness. This illness causes so many to hide from others and feel as though they are worthless. Depression is an illness that has been around for as long as anyone can remember. This illness is in the brain, it is a chemical imbalance that causes a person to become overly sad. Along with this, sometimes they even want to end their life. Although depression is this serious, society takes it and makes it out to look like a way to get attention. This has resulted in not enough being done for people suffering from depression. Depression is a real illness and we need to make

Every day a new person is diagnosed with depression and there is still not enough being done. For example, “It is estimated that up to 20 percent of teenagers have at least one episode of depression throughout their adolescence. From 10 percent to 15 percent of teenagers may show some of the symptoms of depression but not qualify for a diagnosis of clinical depression, and up to five percent of teenagers are depressed. The average duration of an episode of depression lasts about eight months; however, these episodes are prone to recur within a few years’ time.” (Depression in schools). This relates back to this statement because it shows how many actually suffer from depression with numerical facts. This just gives more proof to how many people actually suffer from depression. Depression is one of the

This was written to explain that although there are schools who may be providing services for depressed teens, there is still not enough being down. Schools are still too focused on the fact that they want students to pass and well, make the school look better. While doing this is causes students to stress more which is no help to a depressed teen. More still needs to be done for these