PSYC68H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Energy Level, Wishful Thinking, Family Therapy
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Parents and teens speak out about teenage depression: self criteria, teenagers a. i. Angry but don"t know how to release anger a. iv. 1. a. iv. 2. a. iv. 3. Feel like no one was listening to her a. v. Don"t want to include parents in their life. Why would someone with no future want a. vi. Stay in room for long periods of time to go to school a. vi. 1. a. vi. 2. a. vi. 3. Teen depression associated with a 10% risk of suicide a. vii. 1. Girls have less lethal means but more repeated attempts a. vii. 3. Like you"re in a box with no way out a. viii. 1. a. viii. 2. Can"t help yourself and don"t know whats wrong a. ix. Like you"re stuck in a tunnel or deep well a. ix. 1. Difficult to separate wanting to die and wanting help a. x. 1. a. x. 2. But might miscalculate and actually kill themselves a. xii. Someone who wont judge you a. xii. 1. a. a. xii. 1. b: parents b. i. Think it is just normal teenage angst b. iii. 1. b. iii. 2. Breakdown in communication b. v. don"t think child is depressed b. v. 1.
