Teen Depression
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Teen Depression
For years depression has been affection millions of Americans, but unfortunately it has only been considered an illness foe about twenty years. Some people are afraid to talk about depression, others do not realize the seriousness of it. Whether we are familiar with it or not there are people around us with depression. We should take more notice in depression because it is an ongoing problem.
Depression can happen to any one but people are usually affected by it as an adolescent or an adult. "Depression is often caused by problems at home, stress and/or anxiety" (Solow 54). The truth about depression is painful and many doctors think that it is linked with suicide. "Did you know that one of every sixteen kids who are diagnosed with depression eventually commit suicide?" (Solow 54). And at that only about 20% of people who have depression are actually diagnosed...