What are the causes of depression in adolescents?

There are many teenagers who experience depression because of genetic factors. If the living environment of the teenager is very bad, then the greenTeenagers are also prone to depression. In modern society, many teenagers are facing great pressure on schoolwork and life, and under these pressures, teenagers are prone to depression.

In modern society, many teenagers suffer from depression at a young age. What is the cause of depression in teens? Here's what I think:

1. The influence of genetic factors.

There are many teenagers who suffer from depression despite their good family and social environment. The reason why these adolescents have depression is mainly due to the influence of genetic factors. If the teenager's parents or relatives carry the depression gene in the teenager's body, then the teenager's chances of suffering from depression when he or she grows up will be greatly increased.

Second, the impact of the environment.

There are many teenagers who do not have depression in their families, but these teenagers still suffer from depression. The reason why these teens experience depression may be related to their environment. If the family environment and social environment of the teenager are very bad, then the teenager is also likely to suffer from depression after suffering a lot of bad treatment.

3. Teenagers are under too much pressure.

With the development of society, the incidence and rate of depression among adolescents are getting higher and higher. In fact, the reason why teenagers nowadays are very prone to depression is also related to the excessive pressure faced by teenagers. Today's teenagers not only face very heavy academic pressure, but also very complex interpersonal pressures.

It is these pressures that make the risk of depression greatly increased in teenagers.

The essence and real cause of depression is that the original dissatisfied attack on an external object is transformed into an inward self-attack, and depression becomes an illness over time. The solution is to find the external object of dissatisfaction, complete the expression of dissatisfaction, and then stay away from him. Stupid people can't get straight to the essence, what genetics, what study is stressful, and always complicates simple problems.

Too much academic pressure, genetic factors, family factors, poor sleep quality, and low mood can all lead to symptoms of depression in adolescents.

It may be that the child strives for perfection, it may be that the study pressure is relatively high, it may be that the living environment or learning environment is more depressing, it may be that it eats a lot of spicy and greasy food, it may be that the parents are busy with work, so the child is more lonely.

In the process of growing up, there are various mental health problems, feelings are not expressed, there is no timely communication with parents, social pressure is greater, and there are many ways to accept negative energy in society.

Parents are very stressed about teenagers, they don't understand the hearts of teenagers, teenagers are mavericks, they are very conflicted, and they don't know how to relieve stress, so they will have depression.

Depression in adolescents.

There are many factors, which need to be analyzed from the perspective of social psychology and physiology, as follows:

1. Genetic factors, if there are depressed patients in the family, the probability of depression in children is slightly higher than that of ordinary families. If there are emotional problems in the family, and the child has sleep symptoms or mood swings, he should seek medical attention as soon as possible to avoid delay**;

2. Family factors, in the process of children's growth, family factors are very important, such as the protective factors in the original family are good parental relationship and parent-child relationship, and the destructive factor is the disharmony of family relations, including domestic violence, cold violence and other inappropriate behaviors;

3. Social support, for children who imitate laughter, the family occupies the first place in the social support system. In addition, grandparents, schools, and the community at large are supported. The better the social support system, the less likely your child is to have problems.

Of course, the more people care about their children, the more helpful it will be for their growth;

4. In the process of adolescent physical development, the endocrine changes greatly, and the hormone level fluctuates greatly. At this stage, children are in a period of ignorance, have high requirements for their own rights, or often demand absolute fairness, so it is necessary to reduce some adverse stresses, and children can also learn psychological knowledge to relieve their emotions.

Nowadays, teenagers are under too much pressure to study, parents have too high expectations, every parent wants their children to win at the starting line, and now there are more and more only children, fewer and fewer friends, and less and less communication, and teenagers are not yet emotionally mature to deal with problems, which leads to depression in children.

Not long ago, an article "The Antidepressant History of a College Entrance Examination Champion" went viral on the Internet.

This author is a student at Peking University - You An.

Like many students facing the college entrance examination, You An experienced a very stressful period before being admitted to Peking University.

You An has a very strict mother, and the requirements for her can be said to be harsh.

After taking the eighteenth grade, he was required to get up at six o'clock every day during the holidays to study.

Do not accept any failures of You An, and do not allow You An to participate in any blocking activities other than learning Jane, and suppression and denial are also commonplace.

Under such high pressure, she was finally admitted to Peking University.

As the top student in the liberal arts college entrance examination that year, she thought that her life had entered a new stage, but she didn't know that the moment she stepped into the school, her worldview was also collapsing little by little.

The classmates around me, everyone has read a lot of books, participated in various interesting activities, they have different interests and hobbies, their high school life is interesting and fulfilling, and in their memories, except for the bitterness of reading, there is no conversation with other people.

I have been exposed to a lot of adolescent children.

Some of them were depressed and refused to go to school because of the ridicule of their classmates;

Some people feel that school is boring, so they spend all day with games;

Smoking, drinking, fighting, running away from home.

Depression, Internet addiction, and school boredom have become the most prominent emotional and behavioral problems among adolescents.

But many parents still don't realize that depression is really not far away.

According to the 2018 China Psychological Counseling Industry Report, there are nearly 80 million people with depression in China, of which 30%-40% are teenagers, and the number is still increasing.

These children, who already have symptoms, are ignored by their parents and perceived as hypocritical.

My friend Mu Mu is such a mother.

Mu Mu's child is 13 years old and has just entered the first year of junior high school.

The child excelled in learning from an early age, but after being severely criticized by her parents and teachers because of a failed exam, she was not so interested in learning.

If you pay attention to the news and current affairs, you will find that in recent years, the number of suicides due to adolescent depression in China has increased in several years. This is a very frightening phenomenon. Why are more and more teenagers suffering from depression? Whose reason is this?

1. Genetic factors

Surveys have found that people who have depression in their families are 8 to 20 times more likely to develop depression than other normal people, and the more closely related they are, the higher the chance of developing them. In general, girls are more affected by the genetic factors of depression than boys.

2. Family factors

Family factors are one of the important causes of depression in adolescents. Studies have found that children who have experienced a parental divorce are more likely to develop depression than others if they live in an incomplete family. In addition, if parents interfere too harshly in their children's lives or often beat and scold their children, children are more likely to suffer from depression.

3. Social communication

In general, adolescents who are more introverted and less sociable with other children are more likely to develop depression. This is because their communication skills are relatively poor, and even if they encounter problems, they are not good at communicating and communicating with other people, and they will only hide these negative emotions in their hearts, and over time, they are prone to depression.

4. Sudden events

Generally speaking, children with poor physical fitness are more likely to develop anxiety, depression, and depression after experiencing sudden changes in life.

The above points are the main causes of depression in adolescents. In addition to busy work, parents must give their children more love and concern, communicate and communicate with their children frequently, and help their children expel the negative emotions in their hearts in time.

Parents' requirements for adolescents are relatively high, the study pressure is relatively high, and the ability to resist pressure during adolescence is relatively weak, which will lead to adolescent depression. Teenagers who have depression do not know how to deal with it, and it is especially easy to jump off a building or commit suicide.

1.Family factors. Family is an indispensable warm harbor for teenagers to grow up, only a family together with affection, love, get along well, can bring happiness and security to teenagers, otherwise the negative impact of family disharmony will be fed back to the child, in the long run will not only cause a decline in academic performance, but also lead to depression in the child.

2.Learning factors. Generally, the pressure of teenagers in school mainly comes from studying, such as exams, going to school, etc., especially after children enter puberty, the emotional aspect becomes sensitive and complex, and it is easy to cause depression due to learning pressure.

3.Economic factors. Most of the modern families are only children, and the economic situation of each family is different, in terms of the quality of life, there are three, six, nine, etc., because teenagers like to compare in their spare time, so that some teenagers with average family background will have an inferiority complex, which leads to depression.

The cause of adolescent depression may be endocrine disorders, such as the rapid increase of male hormones or estrogen, which may be related to the personality of adolescents, such as some adolescents are more withdrawn. It is also related to social and environmental factors, which can be seen in adolescent family factors.

Adolescent depression has occurred frequently in recent years, which is a phenomenon that needs to be paid attention to. There are many reasons for adolescent depression, and the main reasons include the following: (1) Unstable family environment. The family environment is unstable, such as the family burden is not light, and the income is low.

Parents' lack of family education, etc., may force children to endure loneliness and stress, which may affect their mental health; (2) Abnormal academic pressure. Adolescents are in adolescence.

Lack of physical and intellectual maturity, coupled with family and school requirements, will bring them great academic pressure; (3) Incomplete equilibrium in ideological and cognitive development. Adolescents are in a constantly changing stage of physical and mental development, and their inner world is immature.

It will make them have irrational thoughts, such as irrational activities, pessimistic thoughts, depression, etc.; (4) Poor social environment. Selfishness, discrimination, fighting, and other behaviors can affect adolescents' understanding of social relations and collective norms.

causing their psychological gap; (5) Loneliness factor. For example, the lack of warm care in the family, or the lack of friendship to be cared for, the generation of loneliness will make children anxious. The above are the main causes of depression in adolescents, aiming at the above reasons.

What should parents do? First of all, we should do a good job in family education, and we should achieve a harmonious and harmonious relationship with our children; Secondly, encourage children to participate in outdoor sports, so that children can participate in many interesting and meaningful activities;

In addition, bring enough warmth and care to the child to help the child better complete his or her own tasks; Finally, when the child is in poor physical condition, take certain measures in time to help the child return to a calm state. As a parent, how can we prevent and identify adolescent depression?

Parents should communicate more with their children, find out their children's psychological problems, and transform their children's anxiety; Encourage children to participate in voluntary service activities to increase their sense of security and self-confidence; Let children do more meaningful activities, not limited to learning;

Guide children to understand the current social reality and quickly adjust stress; Enhance the self-protection ability of adolescents and encourage them to think deeply from problems; Effectively deal with emotional bubbles and actively think about the possibility of solving problems. Once this happens, how should parents deal with it properly?

First of all, make it clear that depression is not the child's own "work", and the child's emotions should be respected; Secondly, parents should comfort their children, give PS, and propose solutions to solve problems, so that children have a certain amount of self-confidence; In addition, parents should send their children to the doctor in a timely manner, and closely follow up and monitor their children's conditions;

Finally, parents should carefully choose the best way to enhance their children's sense of autonomy and psychological quality, so that their children can receive correct psychological counseling, and then their children's depression. In summary, there are complex causes of adolescent depression.

As an effective prevention, if a child is found to be depressed, parents should not easily change the dressing to protect the child's mental health.