How To Recognize Teen Depression & Anxiety

 

Summer is over, school has started, and teenagers are bound to feel bittersweet about this change to their free schedules.

Teens have a lot to be anxious about, their grades, social status, their life on social media, teen depression & anxiety are all too common problems.

It’s easy to misread symptoms of teen depression & anxiety as plain moodiness, but there are indicators of a bigger problem to watch out for:

  • Lack of interest in anything
  • Over sleeping
  • Not eating
  • Constant sadness
  • Grades slipping
  • Reckless and irresponsible behavior
  • Getting into trouble at school
  • Isolating from friends and loved ones
  • No longer interested in past hobbies

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How To Recognize Teen Depression & Anxiety

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Lucy Nguyen

Lucy Nguyen, LMFT
Clinical Reviewer

Lucy Nguyen is the Executive Director at Paradigm Treatment, overseeing all clinical treatment programs across the organization's southwestern region. Her extensive experience includes working with young adults in private practice, serving as a therapist for children and teens with emotional and behavioral needs, and acting as a behavior interventionist for teens with developmental disorders. Lucy integrates cognitive-behavioral approaches with mindfulness and compassion in her work, and she is also EMDR-trained. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling from California State University, Fullerton, and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine.

 

Summer is over, school has started, and teenagers are bound to feel bittersweet about this change to their free schedules.

Teens have a lot to be anxious about, their grades, social status, their life on social media, teen depression & anxiety are all too common problems.

It's easy to misread symptoms of teen depression & anxiety as plain moodiness, but there are indicators of a bigger problem to watch out for:

  • Lack of interest in anything
  • Over sleeping
  • Not eating
  • Constant sadness
  • Grades slipping
  • Reckless and irresponsible behavior
  • Getting into trouble at school
  • Isolating from friends and loved ones
  • No longer interested in past hobbies

For the full article on Help Your Teens click HERE

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