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Depression: Does it only affect adults?

Therapedia Centre

According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, 3.2million Canadian youth between the ages of 12-19 are at the risk of developing Depression. Shocking? Right.

Children and adolescents can develop depression if they are/ have experiencing/ experienced:

  • Huge pressure from school, society, or family
  • Stressful transitions, such as changing school, neighborhood, city, or country
  • A major loss, such as a death in family
  • Being bullied
  • Disappointments

To read more, please visit http://blog.montrealarttherapy.com/?p=116

 

By: Reyhane Namdari/ Art Therapist