Depression cannot only be diagnosed by health service professionals and loved ones, but we can also feel when we are suffering from depression. ... From bullying, the loss of a loved one to even a traumatizing event, depression and suicide go hand in hand sharing common symptoms like low self-esteem, extreme feelings of sadness and the desire to not keep on living. ... Because it is mainly psychological, diagnosis with simple tests is very difficult and although many physicians did not believe in self-diagnosis research proved otherwise. ... After various tests, this method proved to be one of...

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Teenagers and children are more susceptible to any type of depression if they experience a lot of stress, experience the death of a loved one, a breakup in a relationship, are a victim of neglect or abuse, or have a chronic disease such as diabetes. ... Both the drug and cognitive therapy were significantly more effective than the placebo treatment and more than 50 percent of patients receiving the two active treatments showed improvements in several areas tested on. ...

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Teenagers and children are more susceptible to any type of depression if they experience a lot of stress, experience the death of a loved one, a breakup in a relationship, are a victim of neglect or abuse, or have a chronic disease such as diabetes. ... Both the drug and cognitive therapy were significantly more effective than the placebo treatment and more than 50 percent of patients receiving the two active treatments showed improvements in several areas tested on. ...

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Mental Disorders Mental disorders make up 15 % of the burden of diseases in established market economies. A mental illness is describe as any disturbance of emotional equilibrium, as manifested in maladaptive behavior and impaired functioning, caused by genetic, physical, chemical, biological, ps...

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When teens feel that they are no longer surrounded by the people they love, they tend to think and sometimes do the worst. ... Blackman (1995) proposed "formal psychological testing may be helpful in complicated presentations that do not lend themselves easily to diagnosis." ...

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