It is very easy to mistake the moodiness and irritability that often comes with the hormones of adolescence, with that of depression. We all get down from time to time, but excessive sadness, anger, fear and loneliness can keep teenagers from enjoying life and living it to the fullest. Depression was once thought to be an emotion that described adults, however, within the past thirty years, the average age of the onset of depression has dropped from age twenty nine to between ages fourteen and fifteen. MORE…
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Posted on January 13, 2010
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