The teen years can be rough and disorienting. Puberty, social media, school stress, it can all be a lot to process — a lot more than many parents might even realize. In fact, over 17 percent of teens ...

Teens with depression have to navigate the challenges of living with a mood disorder, along with the usual academic and social pressures of high school. A depression diagnosis may be unsettling, but ...

Disruptions to daily routines, combined with a history of early childhood trauma, can accurately predict which teenagers are ...

Ah, seasonal depression — or as some of us know it, the winter blues. It’s that unwelcome guest who crashes in right around the time we’re getting cozy with our scarves and pumpkin spice lattes. But ...

Using a novel lab method they developed, McGill University researchers have identified nine molecules in the blood that were elevated in teens diagnosed with depression. These molecules also predicted ...

If you’re alarmed by those numbers, you’re not alone. “I’m not surprised that there was a drastic increase [in depression], although I was surprised that it was 60 percent,” Heather Hagen, MS, LMFT, ...

Depression in young teens could be easier to treat than in adulthood due to the symptoms being more flexible and not yet ingrained, a study shows. Researchers found that interactions between ...

The teenage years can be a confusing, intense, and emotionally demanding time. Between puberty, academic expectations, identity formation, peer relationships, and the unrelenting presence of social ...

Firstly, they observed that adolescents with depression exhibited signs of weakened gut barriers and greater inflammation in their blood. The composition of their gut bacteria was also different ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. He sleeps the day away, and is irritable when he's awake. She's moody ...