Why do most teens who suffer from depression go unidentified and untreated?
It is not always easy to tell the difference between normal depression or sadness and the kind of depression that needs treatment (clinical depression). Clinical depression is a serious medical illness. Over one million U.S. teenagers suffer from clinical depression and most of the time, their parents and other adults dont know they are depressed. Depression does not appear visibly through behavior problems, and teenagers are not likely to disclose feelings on inner distress to their parents.
