How much sleep do teenagers need?
Sleep is another essential component of day to day living, and it’s a behaviour that changes throughout childhood. So how much sleep do teenagers need, and how do sleeping patterns …
Course: Understanding Depression and Low Mood in Young People
Young person’s view: Sleeping difficulties
In this video we hear Jack and Emma discuss how their sleeping habits have changed. See if any of their experiences sound familiar. Please note: For the purposes of the …
Rebuilding healthy eating habits
In this video, Dr Daniel Lamport discusses the importance of healthy eating habits, and ways to encourage them in the home. For more suggestions to help improve your teenager’s diet …
Research on eating and depression
A number of studies have explored the relationship between diet and mood in young people. Here are two examples: Click to image to expand. It’s important to interpret research findings …
What Foods are Good for Mental health?
Research in nutrition and health has started to identify some types of foods that seem to have a psychological effect and could have a bearing on our mental health. Foods …
The impact of eating and nutrition
In this video Dr Faith Orchard discusses the importance of a healthy balanced diet, and the relationship young people have with food when suffering from depression. Eating is a huge …
Young person’s view: Eating habits
In this video, Jack and Emma describe how depression affected their eating habits. Do any of their experiences sound familiar? Please note: For the purposes of the course, these characters …
Looking after yourself too
If you are an adult supporting a teenager who is unhappy, this is likely to be an upsetting and challenging time for you and it can be really hard to …
The effects of depression on daily routine
Problems with sleeping, eating and engaging in physical activities are some of the symptoms of depression. They’re also common symptoms of a range of other difficulties, including anxiety and behavioural …
Seeking help
If you’re concerned about your young person we would urge you to seek additional help. Normally this would be via a family doctor or General Practitioner. Depression can sometimes look …
Taking a CBT approach
Throughout this course, we’ll be drawing on the principles of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to help us to understand and make sense of the signs and symptoms that your teenager …
Talking About Depression in Young People
It’s important to be observant about your young person and notice what’s going on. ‘Normal’ teenage behaviour can be similar to the behaviour of depressed teenagers so symptoms can be …
Depression and self-harm
When young people are very low or depressed, they may engage in self-harm behaviour. This refers to any harmful act or behaviour that is aimed towards themselves, either directly (eg …
Frontline staff: Depression
Depression in young people is very common; however, it can go unrecognised (for example, symptoms may be dismissed as normal teenager behaviour, and young people might be reluctant to confide …
Parent’s view: Depression
Research indicates that caring for a depressed teenager can be particularly difficult and stressful for parents. Parents might feel guilty that they have somehow caused the depression, or haven’t been …
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Understanding Depression and Low Mood in Young People