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["Teenagers and their problems"]
[Depression and Bullying]
[Worked by:Marsida Cobo]
Depression is more than occasionally feeling blue, sad, or down in the
dumps, though
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Depression affects more than a person's mood
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It interferes with the ability to notice or enjoy the good
things in life
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For example,
teens can develop feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy over their grades
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Sometimes, teen depression may result from
environmental stress
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What are the symptoms of teen depression?
Often, kids with teen depression will have a noticeable change in their thinking and
behavior
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Kids with teen depression may sleep excessively, have a change in eating habits, and may
even exhibit criminal behaviors such as DUI or shoplifting
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Difficulty concentrating
Difficulty making decisions
Excessive or inappropriate guilt
Irresponsible behavior -- for example, forgetting obligations, being late for classes,
skipping school
Loss of interest in food or compulsive overeating that results in rapid weight loss or
gain
Memory loss
Preoccupation with death and dying
Rebellious behavior
Sadness, anxiety, or a feeling of hopelessness
Staying awake at night and sleeping during the day
Sudden drop in grades
Use of alcohol or drugs and promiscuous sexual activity
Withdrawal from friends
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What Helps Depression Get Better?
Get Support
Many people find that it helps to open up to parents or other adults they
trust
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If you think you might be depressed, ask your parent to arrange an
appointment with a therapist
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Friends and people who care about you can support you in other ways,
too:
They can listen and talk, showing that they understand what you're
feeling
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They can help you see the things that are already good about your life,
even when it's hard for you to notice
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They can give you honest compliments and help you find things to
laugh or smile about
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Some simple things can have a powerful effect on mood
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Focusing on positive emotions and being with positive people can help,
too
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Daily exercise, meditation, daylight, and positive emotions
all can affect the brain's activity in ways that restore mood and wellbeing
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Do get evaluation and care
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Bullying
can be physical, sexual, verbal or emotional in nature
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Victimization distress: bullying causes the victim to suffer
mild to severe psychological, social or physical trauma
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Repetition: bullying is persistent; it happens more than once or has the potential to
occur multiple times
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Power inequity: definitions of bullying often state that bullying includes a real or
perceived imbalance of power between the bully and the victim
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Recent statistics suggest that the majority of students will
experience bullying at some point in their academic careers
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School
bullying can lower the victims grade due to stress, and may develop suicidal thoughts
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There are four basic types of abuse
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Cyber-bullying is becoming the most common type of abuse
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With
proper knowledge, preventative measures to stop bullying can be taken
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According to the American
Psylogical Association, "40% to 80% of school-age children experience bullying at
some point during their school careers
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However, various studies point out that students from lower socioeconomic
backgrounds are more bullied than students from higher ones
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2% of 2766 participating
children reported being bullied regularly (several times a month or more)
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5% reported being bullied online in the previous 3 months
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7% of the sample
reported being the perpetrator of cyber bullying
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In a U
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study of 5, 621 students, aged 12–18, 64% of the students had
experienced bullying and did not report it
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Types of bullying:
Physical bullying
Physical bullying is any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim
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Emotional
Emotional bullying is any form of bullying that causes damage to a victim’s psyche
and/or emotional well-being
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Cyber-bullying
According to the website Stop Cyberbullying, "Cyberbullying is when a child, preteen
or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise
targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital
technologies or mobile phones
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Because bullies can pose as
someone else, it is the most anonymous form of bullying
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Many who are bullied in school are likely to be bullied over the Internet, and
vice versa