OUR ADVICES – Sadness, aggressiveness, isolation, your youngster makes you see all the colors. And if it was not only a crisis of adolescence but rather depression? A situation that must not be allowed to arise.
Your teenager does not want to do anything, refuses all requests, locks himself in his room, is unpleasant, always looks sullen? He is not the only one. More than a third of teenagers are depressed. “ It’s normal, it’s adolescence how many times parents heard this answer when they shared their concerns with those around them. But no, that’s not normal.
« There is a sort of misunderstanding around this adolescent crisis; suffering is not at all a coming-of-age ritual, it is not necessary. About 70 % of children become adults without having experienced depression. The endless spleen is not a fatality “Slices Vincent Joly, psychologist for children and adolescents.
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When we talk about depression, we evoke a long continuum between “ I’m doing well and severe depression that can go as far as suicidal ideation, which affects approximately 8% of 12-18 year olds. So there are different levels of severity in this transient state…
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