DEPRESSION : A MAJOR ISSUE

According to a research 43% of young adults are in depression and India leads the world in teenage or young adults depression. Every year thousands of students commit suicide and this is not seen as a major problem.

Students go through a lot which is sometimes difficult to understand, they can't think like adults and they have already left their young self behind. Changes are often not easy to adapt. There is no exact reason for a person to be depressed but 1 out of every 10 adolescents go through a major episode of depression once in their lifetime. 

Depression leads to cut out interaction with the peers and family. School performance is highly tampered and a vicious cycle is birthed leading to misleading drug and alcohol abuse. Having sexual misadventures leading to antisocial behavior and yet again comes depression. Without any outside help this cycle is unbroken and hence leads to suicide. Suicide has been reported as the second main cause of death in young adults, this is a serious issue and is required to be look into.

Depression can be prevented:

• Reduction of stress by less peer pressure and more social interaction is the need of the hour
• Psychological counseling and education should be given to adolescents, parents and care givers
• No denial of counseling help even if the teenager comes alone to mental health care facility
• Involvement and participation of the adolescent in day to day activities
• Community life should be promoted at all times
• Interest and hobbies of the person to be taken in consideration
• The treatment of adolescent psychological treatments should start with something like interpersonal therapy.