Course: Understanding Depression and Low Mood in Young People

Depression is an often misunderstood term; people might talk about feeling ‘depressed’ when referring to fleeting periods of low mood. However, depression is a serious illness and can affect all …

In this Week, we’ve focused on the role of thinking, or cognition in depression. We use two kinds of thinking: deliberate and automatic. Both are useful but automatic thinking can …

This week we’ve looked at the ways in which the activities we participate in have a big influence on how we think and feel, and how changing our behaviour can …

Hello and welcome to Week 4. This week we’re going to focus on an aspect of depression that we cannot see – thinking. Our thoughts are invisible but very powerful. …

We really hope that you’ve found the course interesting, enjoyable and helpful so far. This is the last week of the course and we’ll be focusing on family communication and …

Hello and welcome to Week 3. This week we’ll be focusing on behaviour, and the cycles that young people can get stuck in that maintain depression symptoms. We’ll also be …

This week we’ve explored how getting back to basics can help to support young people, and play a role in improving their mood. The aim of this Week is to …

Next week we’ll be looking at how lifestyle factors can contribute to depression, and how we can help teenagers adopt healthier habits. Amongst other things we’ll be focusing on sleep, …

Hello and welcome back. This week we’ll explore some of the simple steps you can take to help to improve a young person’s mood and wellbeing. These include encouraging changes …

In this week, we’ve highlighted the main signs and symptoms of depression and how to tease these apart from more ‘normal’ adolescent behaviour. We’ve heard from young people and parents …

It’s not uncommon for depressed teenagers to have thoughts about not wanting to live or about suicide, whether or not they intend to act on these thoughts – suicidal thoughts …

Emma had taken a really positive step in deciding to go to school. Despite this, she still found going to school very difficult and had a tough day. Her thoughts …

Automatic thinking is a very helpful way of making sense of everything that’s going on in the world. As we go through life we’re bombarded with information, from sounds, sights, …