Assignment Instructions Create a 2- to 3-page bulleted outline and a bibliography of six to eight references in APA style for your final presentation on your approved topic related to childhood and/or

Running head: 2-2 Final Project Milestone One: Final Presentation Topic 0

Depressive Disorder

T’Erica Huff

Southern New Hampshire University

A depressive disorder is experienced in both children and adolescents. It can be defined as a mood disorder or a mental health disorder that causes a persistent feeling of depressed mood, sadness, losing interest in activities, thus interfering with the daily functioning of a person’s everyday life. The depressive disorder has various causative agents such as social, biological, or psychological sources of distress. The continuous sadness in a person, therefore, leads to multiple symptoms characterized by changes in behavior and physical activities and characteristics. It also affects someone’s thoughts bringing about suicidal thoughts. Usually, it is treated with either talk therapy, medication, or a combination of both. The scope of depressive disorder is vast therefore, I will look at why the depressive disorder is common in adolescents and why most do not get helped inadequate time and thus leading to unfortunate incidents.

Adolescence is a period of self-discovery and changes from childhood to adulthood can be difficult. During this period, a person is exposed to a lot of changes and might, therefore, be in distress. Also, during this period, an adolescent is trying to figure out where they fit into society. Therefore, as the adolescent is struggling to cope up with everything around them, they undergo a lot of stress and might, therefore, require help from others who are experienced. The problem is that not a lot of people pay significant attention to their adolescents. A parent might notice a queer behavior in his/her child but will ignore it, believing it is just a stage and it will pass. Sometimes, adolescents also feel the pressure around them and would like to speak out, but after receiving a negative response, they decide to keep quiet. More so, an adolescent may be afraid or may feel it is of no significance to share their troubles because they may perceive it as being weak and therefore decide to act like everything is normal. These are some of the circumstances that make adolescents undergo depression on their own, leading to a depressive disorder that causes harm to them and is something that could be avoided.

Therefore, in my presentation, I will expand on the causes and propose some of how the situation can be handled. I will also talk to some of the teenagers as well as parents who have been affected by the issue. More so, I will also look at some of the articles as well as books that address the issue. Therefore, I will have adequate points to deliver my presentation on the topic effectively.