{"id":2870,"date":"2018-12-26T23:08:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T23:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2018-12-26T23:08:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T23:08:03","slug":"risk-factors-for-developing-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/risk-factors-for-developing-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk Factors for Developing Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If your child feels sad for weeks on end, find himself low on energy or motivation, or no longer enjoy doing things that used to interest him, he might be experiencing depression. It\u2019s not necessarily about feeling sad. Depression is a mental health condition which can affect a person’s ability to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depression is often a numb feeling rather than sadness. Often it is not something your child can control or just get over. Depression can be a serious issue, but there is treatment available that can help your child feel better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Risk factors for depression<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may be useful for parents to know the factors that can increase a young person\u2019s risk of developing depression or clinical anxiety or prolong these conditions. Changing or reducing the impact of these risk factors may prevent depression and clinical anxiety from occurring or persisting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 A history of depression in close family members
\n\u2022 Being female
\n\u2022 Being a more sensitive, emotional or anxious person
\n\u2022 Adverse experiences in childhood, such as lack of care or abuse
\n\u2022 Family poverty
\n\u2022 Learning and other school difficulties
\n\u2022 Adverse events in a person\u2019s life recently, such as being a victim of crime, death or serious illness in the family, having an accident, bullying or victimization
\n\u2022 Parental separation or divorce
\n\u2022 Social-cultural minorities and social disadvantage such as being part of a sexual minority and gender diverse group, youth in rural and remote areas, refugee, homeless, youth in the criminal justice system
\n\u2022 Lack of a close, confiding relationship with someone
\n\u2022 Long-term or serious physical illness
\n\u2022 Having another mental health condition such as an anxiety disorder, psychotic disorder or substance use disorder
\n\u2022 Premenstrual changes in hormone levels
\n\u2022 Caring full-time for a person with a long-term disability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depression can also result from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 the direct effects of some medical conditions such as Vitamin B12 deficiency, hypothyroidism, hepatitis, glandular fever, HIV and some cancers
\n\u2022 the side effects of certain medications or drugs, including some used to control acne
\n\u2022 intoxication from alcohol or other drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Risk factors for clinical anxiety<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anxiety is mostly caused by perceived threats in the environment, but some people are more likely than others to react with anxiety when they are threatened. People most at risk are those who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 have a more sensitive, emotional nature and who tend to see the world as threatening
\n\u2022 have a history of anxiety in childhood, including marked shyness
\n\u2022 are female
\n\u2022 experience a traumatic event
\n\u2022 are social-cultural minorities or experience social disadvantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some family factors that increase the risk for clinical anxiety:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 a difficult childhood such as experiencing physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, neglect, or having overly strict parents
\n\u2022 a family background that involves poverty or a lack of job skills
\n\u2022 a family history of anxiety problems
\n\u2022 parental alcohol problems
\n\u2022 parental separation and divorce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anxiety symptoms can also result from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 some medical conditions such as hyperthyroidism, arrhythmias and vitamin B12 deficiency
\n\u2022 side effects of certain prescription and non-prescription medications, including those used to treat attention deficit disorders
\n\u2022 intoxication with alcohol, amphetamines, caffeine, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens and inhalants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If your child feels sad for weeks on end, find himself low on energy or motivation, or no longer enjoy doing things that used to interest him, he might be experiencing depression. It\u2019s not necessarily about feeling sad. Depression is a mental health condition which can affect a person’s ability to function. Depression is often… Read More »Risk Factors for Developing Depression<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[181,281,342,344,424],"class_list":["post-2870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anxiety","tag-clinical","tag-depression","tag-developing","tag-factors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}