Question

Topic : Current psychological conditions are addressing the problem of depression in youths.

Topic heading one: Depression in Teens • Sub heading topic : Recognizing Adolescent Depression • Sub heading topic : Treating Adolescent Depression

Topic heading two : Adolescent mental health • Sub heading topic : Emotional disorders • Sub heading topic : Risk-taking behaviors, suicide, and self-harm

Topic heading three: Psychological Approaches to Depression in Adolescents. • Sub heading topic : Psychological Theories of Depression • Sub heading topic : Psychology treatment for Adolescent Depression.

Summary: Submit a 700-1400 word analysis of your selected issue. Describe the issue, connect your issue with significant concepts, distinctive features, and critical periods in psychology. Examine any controversy surrounding your issue, and provide a summary of how your issue has helped or hindered the study of psychology in your analysis. Your analysis must include the following: • Title page • Introduction o Current research (at least 4 journal article/primary source submissions) o Conclusion o Reference page Additionally, your paper must be in the following format: • APA format • Times New Roman 12-point font • 1 inch margins • Double spaced

Answer 1

Introduction: There is a high risk of depression among the various population of teens living across different regions of the world. One of the primary causes of the incidence of depression is the occurrence of different diseases like the HIV which causes serious depression among the teens and adolescents. The other reasons include the chances of occurrence of stress, suicidal tendencies and depression due to prevalence of traumatic conditions or due to intake of banned psychotic drugs. Cognitive behavioral therapy is important for the treatment of patients suffering from different mental abnormalities. There is lack of care of children in child stage or adolescent stage which causes the development of a stage of stress and anxiety.

Current research and Theory: There are incidences of depression due to the changes in the hormonal levels in the female due to environmental stress. The symptoms of depression are present in all of the races prevalent in the society like Asians, Hispanic, Caucasians, Asian-American and African-American youth. There are indications of prevalence of major depressive illness which is prevalent in adolescents belonging to different age groups. The age groups and symptoms of disease are classified in the following table mentioned below:

• 9 years of age and above-Lack of sleep with mood disorders, psychomoter changes and suicidal thoughts.
• 12-18 years of age-There are incidences of impulsivity, irritability and suicidal thoughts among youngsters due to intake of banned drugs.
• There are symptoms of lack of concentration in studies leading to poor academic performance and poor social environment and cultural interactions.
• There are tendencies to suffer from low incidences of self-esteem and higher incidences of suicide.
• There are symptoms of phobia and fear in young children upon recollection and observation of disturbing objects in the environment.
• There is prevalence of auditory hallucinations with generation of noise in the ear of young children and adolescents.

Conclusion:There are chances of occurrence of bipolar disorder due to the harsh environmental conditions with tendency to suffer from suicidal thoughts. The excessive intake of antidepressant drugs also causes the formation of maniac tendencies with hallucinations and false perceptions. There are other reasons like lack of parental communications and loss of life due to prevailing ill conditions of health leading to death causing sadness and loneliness in the adolescents and youngsters. The statistical study revealed that the left subgenual prefrontal cortex volume was reduced in women exposed to conditions of stress and trauma in the society. Anterior cingulate cortex glutamatergic were significantly lower in children with depression. The volume of the hippocampus was also reduced in women exposed to the conditions of stress, depression and trauma. The levels of serotonin were changed due to prevalence of stressful environmental conditions give rise to trauma and depression.The treatment of conditions of depression includes the intake of different drugs in the society like fluoxetine, Sertraline, Paroxetine, Imipramine, and Citalopram. There are other tricyclic inhibitor drugs and SSRI inhibitor drugs which causes an inhibition in the release of different neurotransmitter chemicals in the different brain regions of the patients.

References:

1) American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Preliminary report of the task force on SSRIs and suicidal behavior in youth. www.acnp.org/exec_summary. pdf (accessed 2004 Feb

2) Emslie GJ, Heiligenstein JH, Wagner KD et al. Fluoxetine for acute treatment of depression in children and adolescents: a placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2002; 41:1205-15.

3) March J, Silva S, Petrycki S et al. Fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination for adolescents with depression. JAMA. 2004; 292:807-20.