children s health issues
Depression and Mood Dysregulation Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Causes
Doctors do not know exactly what causes depression, but chemical abnormalities in the brain are probably involved. Some tendency to develop depression is inherited. A combination of factors, including life experiences (such as a loss early in life, abuse, injury, domestic violence, or having lived through a natural disaster) and a genetic tendency (vulnerability), all seem to contribute. Sometimes another disorder, such as an Hypothyroidism or During the COVID-19 pandemic, symptoms of depression doubled in young people, especially in older adolescents. Mental health visits for depression also increased. After controlling for gender, age, and pre-COVID depressive symptoms, the following were found to predict COVID-19 depressive symptoms in children: Connectedness to caregiver Screen time 