Teen Depression

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

This is true, talk therapy can be very helpful for teens but it is much more difficult for them than it is for adults.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

This started as a thread that was helpful for the parents dealing with kids who have depression, a serious illness that has a death toll, and causes enormous stress on parents. The thread has now been destroyed by posters with a regressive, hateful agenda.

I am a SAHM. I have been home. I have never neglected my children. I know them better than anyone. And my teen has struggled with serious, serious depression. Therapy plus medication saved her. Without the medication the therapy would have been a waste of time, she would not have been able to access it.

I have a good idea, why don't parents of kids with depression post on the SN section to get actual support. Better yet, speak with medical professionals. There are too many posters here who know nothing and peddle ignorant, dangerous ideas.

+1 the hate on this thread is amazing to me.

[Anonymous]

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Before moving into research I worked for ten years on an adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit, and have seen the tragic effects. I just think it is really important that people know that understanding and addressing environmental and psychosocial factors are extremely important in treating depression. It is not just a chemical imbalance and the only option to treat it is medication.

Agreed. Only when you begin to address the contributing factors, will you begin to really heal. The meds help will severe mental/emotional conditions.

I am the PP you are responding to and I should clarify that many environmental and psychological factors create biological changes - they aren't just a psychological issue. Stress and trauma have physiological effects. Trauma can change brain structure and function. There is no one cause for depression and there is no one treatment. Sometimes medication is a bigger factor in treating depression, sometimes it is therapy, sometimes it is ECT or rTMS. Any family who has a child with depression should talk to their medical team about what is the best treatment options for their child.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

This started as a thread that was helpful for the parents dealing with kids who have depression, a serious illness that has a death toll, and causes enormous stress on parents. The thread has now been destroyed by posters with a regressive, hateful agenda.

I am a SAHM. I have been home. I have never neglected my children. I know them better than anyone. And my teen has struggled with serious, serious depression. Therapy plus medication saved her. Without the medication the therapy would have been a waste of time, she would not have been able to access it.

I have a good idea, why don't parents of kids with depression post on the SN section to get actual support. Better yet, speak with medical professionals. There are too many posters here who know nothing and peddle ignorant, dangerous ideas.

Another defensive parent in deep denial. Did you read the medical professional above who addressed the enviornment elementals? Response to that?

Key is parental emotional availability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

Please don't derail this thread to suit your own agenda in the offensively negative way that you're doing. While you may have something to contribute, your methods are maddening, to say the least. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

Please don't derail this thread to suit your own agenda in the offensively negative way that you're doing. While you may have something to contribute, your methods are maddening, to say the least. Thanks.

I think likely in this PPs case, abuse or neglect did play a role in her own depression. It is common to project your own experiences onto others. Early childhood abuse / neglect / trauma is a definite risk factor for depression, however it is just that - a risk factor. So while a higher percentage of people who experienced trauma have depression, not everyone with depression had abuse or trauma in their lives.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

Please don't derail this thread to suit your own agenda in the offensively negative way that you're doing. While you may have something to contribute, your methods are maddening, to say the least. Thanks.

I think likely in this PPs case, abuse or neglect did play a role in her own depression. It is common to project your own experiences onto others. Early childhood abuse / neglect / trauma is a definite risk factor for depression, however it is just that - a risk factor. So while a higher percentage of people who experienced trauma have depression, not everyone with depression had abuse or trauma in their lives.

Well (and nicely) said. Thank you for getting the constructive conversation back on track.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

Please don't derail this thread to suit your own agenda in the offensively negative way that you're doing. While you may have something to contribute, your methods are maddening, to say the least. Thanks.

You will never heal depression if don't look at the issues. It's hard work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

Please don't derail this thread to suit your own agenda in the offensively negative way that you're doing. While you may have something to contribute, your methods are maddening, to say the least. Thanks.

I think likely in this PPs case, abuse or neglect did play a role in her own depression. It is common to project your own experiences onto others. Early childhood abuse / neglect / trauma is a definite risk factor for depression, however it is just that - a risk factor. So while a higher percentage of people who experienced trauma have depression, not everyone with depression had abuse or trauma in their lives.

Well (and nicely) said. Thank you for getting the constructive conversation back on track.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

Please don't derail this thread to suit your own agenda in the offensively negative way that you're doing. While you may have something to contribute, your methods are maddening, to say the least. Thanks.

I think likely in this PPs case, abuse or neglect did play a role in her own depression. It is common to project your own experiences onto others. Early childhood abuse / neglect / trauma is a definite risk factor for depression, however it is just that - a risk factor. So while a higher percentage of people who experienced trauma have depression, not everyone with depression had abuse or trauma in their lives.

I agree. Therefore, all risk factors must be examined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son has anxieties and is at risk for depression.

He did some therapy when he was 9 to understand stress, recognize how it feels and learn to deal with it.

Summers are amazing.
August I will see some signs of stress.
September is fine.
October my son begins to get stressed, you can see signs of depression.
By the end of the 1st marking period he is usually handling the stess okay.
Christmas time hits and all is good.
It is February and things are bad, but with the end in sight we are staying positive.
His grades will suffer over the next few months because it seems very overwhelming. I will give him a day off school here and there to catch up on missed assignments.
By spring he is doing better, happy the end is in sight.
Teachers will load up on work because they realize that they are behind. May is crazy. We will miss a day or two so he can get all his work done.
June, glorious .... summer. All summer, he is happy and healthy. Around the end of August he will start to show some signs of stress.

Rinse / repeat.

Sometimes I go to his room, he has his head deep in a science/history/english assignment. I realize his has tears in his eyes. I let him skip the assignment or we go for a walk.

Seems like you have a great handle on him. He's lucky to have you.

[Anonymous]

The data is telling us that the kind of stress our kids are getting at school, is something to be concerned about.

[Anonymous]

Is this a sock puppet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

Hateful, clueless, uncompassionate, bomb-throwing, bullies like you should probably just be ignored. However, it shocks me that we are talking about teen suicide and heart wrenching teen depression and you are so pathetically un-informed and mean that you would tell these parents that they are neglectful/at fault, in addition to blaming parents (mostly mothers) for being breadwinners.

I would hope you would never tell a parent to their face, whose child committed suicide or was in the depths of depression, that they were neglectful, but as cowards do, you hide behind an anonymous forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk therapy is not cheap, either. Very hard to get teens to address "issues" that adults see very clearly.

Neglectful parenting has a high price. It's better to do the hard work when the kids are younger. But how many parents of little kids are even home? It's a string of daycare workers or nannies. No one really knows your kid.

Hateful, clueless, uncompassionate, bomb-throwing, bullies like you should probably just be ignored. However, it shocks me that we are talking about teen suicide and heart wrenching teen depression and you are so pathetically un-informed and mean that you would tell these parents that they are neglectful/at fault, in addition to blaming parents (mostly mothers) for being breadwinners.

I would hope you would never tell a parent to their face, whose child committed suicide or was in the depths of depression, that they were neglectful, but as cowards do, you hide behind an anonymous forum.

While I agree with you, let's stop feeding the troll. She's now going to come back and post five different times, as if she's five different people, reiterating the same point. She's enjoying riling everyone up.

On another note, did anyone read about that study finding most internet trolls are psychopaths? Seriously. At the very least this troll should not be commenting on matter involving mental health.