Not exact matches
I have more
than 20 years of experience treating adolescents and
young adults with anxiety,
depression, behavioral concerns and other mental health illnesses.
Teen and child
depression is often overlooked because
young people tend to show the symptoms of
depression differently
than adults.
This is especially true in children and teens since
young people often show the symptoms of
depression very differently
than adults.
Unlike treatments for
adults, and sometimes adolescents, treatments aimed at
younger children tend to be quite generic, aiming to treat all types of anxiety or
depression, rather
than focussing on sub-diagnoses.
Regarding the psychological wellbeing of the
young adults, those from female - headed households showed lower levels of anxiety,
depression, hostility and problematic alcohol use
than their counterparts from traditional families, and higher levels of self - esteem, indicating more positive psychological adjustment among
young adults who had grown up in solo and lesbian mother homes, with no difference between the two.
Children, even very
young children, can become depressed although
depression is less common in children
than in adolescents and
adults.