Melissa Goldstein, LCSW
WHAT IS DEPRESSION?
Childhood Depression is a Mental Health Condition that Impacts the Mind, Body, and Thoughts
When depression strikes it can be extremely difficult to live with. While depression can be debilitating for some people, other people can appear to be able to just live with it in their everyday lives.
It is because of this that depression can be a complex disease. At times, a person may suffer from depression in silence because their friends, teachers, and/or family may not even be aware that they are depressed.
This is because they are so good at hiding their symptoms, and at times may not even know how to help themselves or how to ask for help. Sometimes they may not even know that they are depressed because they have been living with the disease for so long. Depression can have many different forms.
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Forms of Depression include:
