1. Depression
Health Stats What relationship is there between risk of depression and how connected teens feel to their school?
What could make someone feel very connected to school? What could make someone feel disconnected?

2. Depression Is it normal to feel depression?
Loss of a loved one
Failing a test
Getting injured
Losing a job
Feeling lifts after a few days
Get on with life

3. Depression Feeling sad, hopeless, or lonely
Unable to enjoy activities or things that used to make them happy
Eventually, depression causes inability to function in everyday life
School
Home
Social life
Substance abuse
Suicide

4. Learning Log Groups of 2 or 3
Write a summary about ways that depression could cause problems for an individual at school, at home, social life, and in the community.

5. Recognizing Depression
Are teens moody, irritable, or tired?
What makes these things signs of depression?
Diagnosis
Must exhibit 4 or more signs
Interrupt daily life for more than 2 weeks

6. Depression Risk Factors Parent or sibling with mood disorder
Major life change
Prolonged stressful situation
Victim of violent crime
Witnessing a violent crime
Previous bout of depression
Sense of hopelessness
Depression seems to come when we least expect it

7. Learning Log Individual
Come up with 3 things each that make you depressed
Come up with 3 things each that are good things in your life
Draw and color 1 of each
Got here with 1st 2nd 4th

8. Treatments Medication New strategies for coping with depression
Chemicals control how signals are passed
Depression does not allow those chemicals to work properly
New strategies for coping with depression

9. Coping Strategies Cultivate supportive relationships
Focus on positive thinking
Vitamin C
Take care of yourself
Regular exercise
Eat healthy
Know when you need help
Help others

10. Depression YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Depression can lead to destructive behavior if you don’t deal with it
Talk to a TRUSTED person
See a counselor

11. Self-Injury
Self-injury is an unhealthy way to cope with emotions, stress, or traumatic events.
Cutting is the use of a sharp object to intentionally cut or scratch one’s body deep enough to bleed.
Burning the skin on purpose with a lighted match or cigarette is another.

13. Suicide Prevention Risk Factors
Suicide is the intentional killing of oneself.
Mood disorders, such as depression, are a major risk factor for suicide.
A previous suicide attempt or a family history of suicide
Having both a mental disorder and a substance abuse disorder
Feelings of hopelessness or isolation
Lack of access to mental health treatment
Being influenced by the suicide of family members, peers, or celebrities

14. Protective Factors Cluster Suicides
People at risk for suicide can reduce their risk by
seeking treatment for any mental disorders
seeking treatment for alcohol or drug abuse
establishing a connection with school
developing closer relationships with family and friends
Cluster suicides are a series of suicides that occur within a short period of time in the same peer group or community.
Celebrities, Movies, TV shows, Literature
Cluster Suicides

15. Warning Signs
It would be very helpful if someone who was about to attempt suicide showed unmistakable warning signs.
Unfortunately, most suicides occur without warning.

16. Helping Others
An important thing to remember is that suicidal behavior is a cry for help in dealing with problems that seem overwhelming.
Suicidal people often feel that they have looked to others for support and have received no response.
It is important that you show care and concern for the person.

17. Helping Yourself
If you have been feeling depressed, remember that no matter how overwhelming the problems in your life may seem, suicide is never a solution. It is vital that you talk about your feelings with a trusted adult or mental health professional.
Consider talking with a family member who lives nearby, an adult friend of the family, or an adult in your faith community.
Crisis centers and suicide-prevention hotlines are other resources you can use.

19. Vocabulary clinical depression
The symptoms of this disorder are feeling sad and hopeless for months, being unable to enjoy activities that were once a source of pleasure, and sometimes being unable to accomplish daily tasks.
cutting
The use of a sharp object to intentionally cut or
scratch one’s body deep enough to bleed.
suicide
The intentional killing of oneself.
cluster suicides
A series of suicides that occur within a short period of time in the same peer group or
community.