The Rise of Depression in Teenage Girls

Depression is one of the most common health problems in the United States today. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged fifteen to nineteen than cardiovascular disease or cancer. Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age group is greatly underdiagnosed and leads to serious difficulties in school, work and personal adjustment which may often continue into adulthood It affects about 17.8million people each year, almost half of these being …

…reaction connecting to the current "girl-piercing culture" (Ferber, 9) But whatever the reason the thing is that once girls begin to harm themselves, they are likely to continue. In! flicting harm on their body can become cathartic. When there are no better coping strategies, hurting the body becomes a way to calm down. Luckily today girls have good means of treatment for their depression and it is almost always successful. There are two sugge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**