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Is it depression or just a teen transition?
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
 - By Melanie Trowbridge, M.D.
Editor's note: This is the second installment of a three-part series.
May 1 through 7 is National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. More than 15 million children in America have psychiatric disorders, and at least half of them will never receive help. Misunderstandings often prevent parents and caregivers from seeking help for many youth who are suffering. This three-part series is an effort to help inform our community that mental illnesses are real, common and treatable.
Depression is defined as an illness when the feelings of the depression persist and interfere with a child or adolescent's ability to function. Not only adults become depressed - children and teenagers also may experience depression, as well. The good news is that depression is a treatable illness.