Search Results for 'Teen'

Seventeen years old depression – anhui illustrator SUN VOIDE...

llustrator Sun Voider from Anhui Bengbu, began three years ago to drop out at home full-time painting. His paintings reveal the quiet gray atmosphere, the characters in the painting are always 17-year-old boys and girls, but the in most b [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2013 | Comments : 0

Treating for Depression Can Prevent Teen Drug Abuse

Treating adolescents for depression can reduce their chances of abusing drugs later on, new research has found. Researchers at Duke University found that only 10 percent of 192 adolescents whose depression receded after 12 weeks of treatm [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Depressed teen knows she has to get help

Dear Abby: I really need some feedback. When I was 13, I would cut myself. I stopped around 15 after an attempted overdose that didn’t work. I did it because my parents were stressed due to money problems and ignored me or yelled at [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression Linked To Binge Eating in Teen Girls

A new study has found that depressed teenage girls are twice as likely to indulge in over eating as compared to their peers. According to the new nationwide study, the reverse is also true, as, girls who engage in regular binge eating hav [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Teen discusses ongoing battle with depression

Stigma and ignorance are the biggest challenges for people suffering from depression, says an Oakville teenager. Despite having depression and even attempting suicide, Rita (not her real name) says she is a normal person. “Peop [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Teen Sexting Linked to Psychological Distress

High school students who send and receive sexually suggestive or explicit images are more likely to have symptoms of depression, according to a new study from the Education Development Center in Newton, Massachusettes. "I think [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Treating Insomnia Boosts Treatment for Child and Teen Depres...

TORONTO – More than half of children and teens who reported definite insomnia before being treated for depression experienced significant improvement in both their sleep and depression during their first weeks of treatment with fluo [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Missing teen may have depression

Police continue to hold fears for the safety of a Christchurch teenager who has now been missing for more than a week. Hayden Peter Miles, 15, has been missing from his Halswell home since Monday, August 22. He was last seen in Linwo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Music May Cause Depression in Teens, Study Says

A new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine says that teens who spend a lot of time listening to music are more likely to suffer from depression, reports Fox News. The study monitored 106 teens over a two-month perio [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Study links Internet use to teen depression

Spending too much or too little time online may increase depression in young people, according to a Swiss study. Research at the University of Lausanne has found young people aged 16 to 20 who spend more than two hours per day online are [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Internet time tied to teen depression symptoms

The findings, reported in the journal of Pediatrics, do not mean that the Internet is to blame. For one, teens in the study who spent no time online were also at increased risk of depression symptoms. Instead, the researchers say that bo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Optimistic teens show lower depression risk

The study, which followed more than 5,600 Australian teens, found that those with the most optimistic views of themselves and the world around them were less likely to develop depression symptoms over the next year. Whether their optimis [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Teens need help recognizing their depression

Most teens have periods of "the blues." But what happens when "the blues" persist? Could this be a sign of something more serious? Could it be clinical depression? Teenagers face a host of pressures, from the changes [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

50% teenagers' depression relapses after treatment--study

According to a new study, the risk of a relapse looms large over nearly half of the teenagers who have recovered from a major bout of depression [a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of [...]