I will discuss depression in adolescence and how it effects personal adjustments, which may often continue into adulthood. ... Cognitive therapy also teaches people how certain thinking patterns are causing their symptoms. ... Early in life, people develop core beliefs about themselves and other people and about how the world operates." ... According to a patient's letter written and later published with the permission of William Morrow and Company, (publisher of Moodswing): from the book, "Depression and it's Treatment", her experience with this mood disorder was despair and useless...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate