Common mental illnesses among adolescents

Most teenagers will start to rebel when they reach a certain age. If they are unable to communicate with their parents in a friendly manner at this time, some children will become violent, while others will gradually become depressed. Because today's teenagers have more extreme ideas, if they cannot be enlightened, they will be trapped in their own world and unable to extricate themselves, thus developing various mental illnesses. So what are some common mental illnesses among teenagers?

Depression, also known as depressive disorder, is the main type of mood disorder with significant and persistent low mood as its main clinical feature. Clinically, it can be seen that the low mood is disproportionate to the situation. The depression of mood can range from melancholy to grief, inferiority and depression, and even pessimism and world-weariness. There may be suicidal attempts or behaviors; even stupor; some cases have obvious anxiety and motor agitation; severe cases may have psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions. Each attack lasts for at least 2 weeks, or even several years in the elderly. Most cases tend to recur. Most attacks can be relieved after each attack, but some may have residual symptoms or become chronic.

1. Most reports place the prevalence of depression in my country at 3% to 5%, but some reports suggest it has reached 6.1%.

2. There are large regional differences in the incidence of depression in my country.

3. In the past 30 years, the reported incidence of depression has increased 10 to 20 times, and is still on an upward trend. It is not ruled out that some wrong (false) reports using the words "World Health Organization data show" have been made, so the data may be inaccurate.

Depression is the fourth largest disease in the world and is expected to become the second largest by 2020. However, the medical prevention and treatment of depression in my country is still at a low level of recognition. The recognition rate of hospitals at the prefecture level and above is less than 20%, and less than 10% of patients receive relevant drug treatment. Moreover, at the same time, the incidence of depression (and suicide incidents) has begun to show a trend of younger age (university and even primary and secondary school students). To sum up, the popularization, prevention and treatment of depression need urgent attention, and the prevention and treatment of depression has been included in the national mental health work priorities.