Mental Health Care: When You’re Learning to Be Okay With Yourself - 9 Reasons Teenager Depression Exists Today

Did you know in recent statistics, it shows that younger people are more depressed than any other generations? It could be with the awareness of mental health where people are starting to open up about their experiences, but could that be really the reasons why more and more teenagers these days are reporting to be depressed? In this video, we cover 9 reasons why young people are more depressed these days. According to the most recent statistics, mood disorders and psychological distress are on the rise among today’s youth and young people. #sadness #young Script Writer: Ananya Sawarkar Script Editor: Anjani Tennakoon Script Manager: Kelly Soong Voice Over: Drew Baillie Animator: ayacchi YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong REFERENCES: Ayala, Erin E, et al. “U.S. Medical Students Who Engage in Self-Care Report Less Stress and Higher Quality of Life.” BMC Medical Education, BioMed Central, 6 Aug. 2018, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080382/. Fletcher, Jenna. “How to Let Go of Feeling Unworthy.” Psych Central, Psych Central, 24 Feb. 2022, psychcentral.com/blog/how-to-let-go-of-feeling-unworthy Sexton, Chrissy. “How You Use Social Media Affects Your Sense of Happiness.” Earth.com, 3 Nov. 2020, www.earth.com/news/how-you-use-social-media-affects-your-sense-of-happiness/. Winch, Guy. “10 Signs That You Might Have Fear of Failure.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 18 June 2013, www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201306/10-signs-you-might-have-fear-failure.