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Depression

Depression can look different in adolescents and young adults. They may seem bored, tired, or have low energy and/or motivation. Sleep problems are also common, both oversleeping and having difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. Adolescents and young adults may seem very self-critical, or they may become very irritable with others. Depression can interfere with school performance, peer and family relationships, and may put youth at increased risk for self-injury, substance use, or suicide.

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What is Depression?

Helen Farrell

This video show a straight forward animated description of depression including stats about medication, therapy, and other forms of healing. Further, it explains how to help someone with depression, ways to aid yourself, and others.

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Non-Depression Depression Video

Dark Squidge

Dark Squidge, a comedy youtuber, talks about depression in a way that add humor, allowing the audience to see another side of mental health that does not have to be discussed in complete seriousness.

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\ Article \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ 5 Times Billie Eilish Got Real About Mental Health \ Arden Fanning Andrews | Vogue\ \ In this interview Billie Eilish talks about her Tourette syndrome, body dysmorphic disorder, and depression honestly and with deep vulnerability.](https://www.vogue.com/article/billie-eilish-march-cover-star-mental-health) Article \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ 5 Times Billie Eilish Got Real About Mental Health \ Arden Fanning Andrews | Vogue\ \ In this interview Billie Eilish talks about her Tourette syndrome, body dysmorphic disorder, and depression honestly and with deep vulnerability.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ A Parent's Guide to Teen Depression \ HelpGuide.org\ \ It isn't always easy to tell the difference between typical lows that come with growing up and more serious depression. Here's how you can recognize the signs and how to best help your child.](https://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/parents-guide-to-teen-depression.htm) Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ A Parent's Guide to Teen Depression \ HelpGuide.org\ \ It isn't always easy to tell the difference between typical lows that come with growing up and more serious depression. Here's how you can recognize the signs and how to best help your child.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Causes and Risk Factors of Depression \ VeryWellMind\ \ Depression is extremely common and you are not alone. It can affect anyone at any age, but the reasons are not always known.](https://www.verywellmind.com/common-causes-of-depression-1066772) Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Causes and Risk Factors of Depression \ VeryWellMind\ \ Depression is extremely common and you are not alone. It can affect anyone at any age, but the reasons are not always known.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens: A Workbook \ Dr. Mary Karapetian Alvord\ \ This workbook offers a powerful technique called cognitive restructuring to help you reframe your thoughts, regulate your emotions, become a more flexible thinker, and stop letting your thoughts define who you are and how you feel.](https://www.amazon.com/Conquer-Negative-Thinking-Teens-Workbook/dp/1626258899/) Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens: A Workbook \ Dr. Mary Karapetian Alvord\ \ This workbook offers a powerful technique called cognitive restructuring to help you reframe your thoughts, regulate your emotions, become a more flexible thinker, and stop letting your thoughts define who you are and how you feel.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Depression: A Teen’s Guide to Survive and Thrive \ Jacqueline B. Toner\ \ Using scientifically proven principles, this guidebook gives refreshing skills based advice to those at risk of developing anxiety and depression. The book provides easy to understand material that it not overwhelming for teens as well as approaching topics with maturity and openness.](https://www.amazon.com/Depression-Teens-Guide-Survive-Thrive/dp/1433822741) Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Depression: A Teen’s Guide to Survive and Thrive \ Jacqueline B. Toner\ \ Using scientifically proven principles, this guidebook gives refreshing skills based advice to those at risk of developing anxiety and depression. The book provides easy to understand material that it not overwhelming for teens as well as approaching topics with maturity and openness.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ For Teens Knee-Deep In Negativity, Reframing Thoughts Can Help \ NPR Shots\ \ Research shows that how we think can influence our emotions, how we physically feel, and how we behave.](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/09/09/549133027/for-teens-knee-deep-in-negativity-reframing-thoughts-can-help) Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ For Teens Knee-Deep In Negativity, Reframing Thoughts Can Help \ NPR Shots\ \ Research shows that how we think can influence our emotions, how we physically feel, and how we behave.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Influencer \ Follow-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ @GoodNews_Movement \ Good News Movement\ \ A news source that highlights the good things happening in our world, there are a ton! Journalist-run and current.](https://www.instagram.com/goodnews_movement/?hl=en) Influencer \ Follow-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ @GoodNews_Movement \ Good News Movement\ \ A news source that highlights the good things happening in our world, there are a ton! Journalist-run and current.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Podcast \ Listen-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Happiness Lab \ Dr. Laurie Santos\ \ The key to happiness may not be what you think it is... "The Happiness Lab" podcast will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness.](https://www.happinesslab.fm/) Podcast \ Listen-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Happiness Lab \ Dr. Laurie Santos\ \ The key to happiness may not be what you think it is... "The Happiness Lab" podcast will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime \ Nadine Burke Harris\ \ Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.](https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime?language=en) Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime \ Nadine Burke Harris\ \ Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ How to Change Negative Thoughts \ Child Mind Institute\ \ Teens and young adults can be their own worst critics. Learn to recognize unhealthy thinking errors or "cognitive distortions".](https://childmind.org/article/how-to-change-negative-thinking-patterns/) Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ How to Change Negative Thoughts \ Child Mind Institute\ \ Teens and young adults can be their own worst critics. Learn to recognize unhealthy thinking errors or "cognitive distortions".](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ In the Water They Can't See You Cry \ Amanda Beard\ \ Amanda Beard, an Olympic gold medalist, did not know how to deal with the intensity of her success. Unaware that she was suffering from clinical depression, she hid the pain and internally suffered from a variety of mental health issues. Beard talks about the pressure of being an athlete and how she overcame her depression to thrive in this hypercompetitive enviroment.](https://www.amazon.com/Water-They-Cant-See-You/dp/1451644388/ref=sr_1_1?crid=U21MTQI8J50H&dchild=1&keywords=in+the+water+they+can%27t+see+you+cry&qid=1595952279&s=books&sprefix=in+the+wayer+they+%2Cstripbooks%2C220&sr=1-1) Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ In the Water They Can't See You Cry \ Amanda Beard\ \ Amanda Beard, an Olympic gold medalist, did not know how to deal with the intensity of her success. Unaware that she was suffering from clinical depression, she hid the pain and internally suffered from a variety of mental health issues. Beard talks about the pressure of being an athlete and how she overcame her depression to thrive in this hypercompetitive enviroment.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Life Inside My Mind \ Multiple Authors\ \ Your favorite Young Adult authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD.](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481494643/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1481494643) Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Life Inside My Mind \ Multiple Authors\ \ Your favorite Young Adult authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Monochrome Days: A First-Hand Account of One Teenager's Experience With Depression \ Cait Irwin\ \ Cait Irwin was diagnosed with major depression at the age of fourteen, and she nearly lost her battle with the illness before she was able to receive the treatment she so desperately needed. In Monochrom Days, Irwin, now an adult and a successful artist, she shares her recount of the story.](https://www.amazon.com/Monochrome-Days-First-Hand-Experience-Depression/dp/0195310055) Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Monochrome Days: A First-Hand Account of One Teenager's Experience With Depression \ Cait Irwin\ \ Cait Irwin was diagnosed with major depression at the age of fourteen, and she nearly lost her battle with the illness before she was able to receive the treatment she so desperately needed. In Monochrom Days, Irwin, now an adult and a successful artist, she shares her recount of the story.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Non-Depression Depression Video \ Dark Squidge\ \ Dark Squidge, a comedy youtuber, talks about depression in a way that add humor, allowing the audience to see another side of mental health that does not have to be discussed in complete seriousness.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=zt-MqJuRYYs&feature=emb_logo) Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Non-Depression Depression Video \ Dark Squidge\ \ Dark Squidge, a comedy youtuber, talks about depression in a way that add humor, allowing the audience to see another side of mental health that does not have to be discussed in complete seriousness.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ On Dealing with Anxiety and Depression \ Jouelzy\ \ Youtuber, Jouelzy, talks about dealing with her depression. In this video, as well as others, she is talking about how black women can deal with mental health issues as well as other things. Her kindness and vulnerability is clear as she approaches these topics in a way that feel accessible and thoughtful.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyDe64IlVvc&feature=emb_title) Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ On Dealing with Anxiety and Depression \ Jouelzy\ \ Youtuber, Jouelzy, talks about dealing with her depression. In this video, as well as others, she is talking about how black women can deal with mental health issues as well as other things. Her kindness and vulnerability is clear as she approaches these topics in a way that feel accessible and thoughtful.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Parenting a Depressed Teenager \ Child Mind Institute\ \ As children get older, parents must transition to a supporting role. When struggling with depression they need the help, but first they have to want that help.](https://childmind.org/article/how-to-help-your-depressed-teenager/) Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Parenting a Depressed Teenager \ Child Mind Institute\ \ As children get older, parents must transition to a supporting role. When struggling with depression they need the help, but first they have to want that help.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Q&A for Blues and Depression \ goaskalice.columbia.edu\ \ A great resource for when you are feeling blue or depressed. Go Ask Alice is a group of researchers out of Columbia University that is dedicating to answering questions about everything from depression to sex. They are focused on honest and digestible answers that are targeted towards teens and young adults.](https://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/tag?cat=31&title=Blues%20AND%20Depression) Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Q&A for Blues and Depression \ goaskalice.columbia.edu\ \ A great resource for when you are feeling blue or depressed. Go Ask Alice is a group of researchers out of Columbia University that is dedicating to answering questions about everything from depression to sex. They are focused on honest and digestible answers that are targeted towards teens and young adults.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Resources for Adolescents and Parents \ adolescenthealth.org\ \ Resources for Adolescents and Parents are online resources aimed specifically at adolescents and young adults and their parents.](https://www.adolescenthealth.org/Resources/Resources-for-Adolescents-and-Parents.aspx) Website \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Resources for Adolescents and Parents \ adolescenthealth.org\ \ Resources for Adolescents and Parents are online resources aimed specifically at adolescents and young adults and their parents.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Some Kind Of Happiness \ Claire Legrand\ \ Claire Legrand's 'Some Kind of Happiness' shines a light on a family with secrets. When 11-year-old Finley Hart gets shipped off to her grandparents so her parents can address their broken marriage, she wonders why she's never met them before and why her father is estranged.](https://www.amazon.com/Some-Kind-Happiness-Claire-Legrand/dp/1442466022) Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Some Kind Of Happiness \ Claire Legrand\ \ Claire Legrand's 'Some Kind of Happiness' shines a light on a family with secrets. When 11-year-old Finley Hart gets shipped off to her grandparents so her parents can address their broken marriage, she wonders why she's never met them before and why her father is estranged.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Tales from a teenage mental health advocate \ Amanda Southworth\ \ Amanda Southworth describes her history with anxiety, depression, and suicide. She is vulnerable and open with her experience and allows her hardships to guide her to help others. She is young and gives voice to those her age who can see themselves written in between the lines of her words.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLOagmZTWmM) Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Tales from a teenage mental health advocate \ Amanda Southworth\ \ Amanda Southworth describes her history with anxiety, depression, and suicide. She is vulnerable and open with her experience and allows her hardships to guide her to help others. She is young and gives voice to those her age who can see themselves written in between the lines of her words.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Article \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ The grief and loss caused by the pandemic is real \ Amy Mezulis, PhD\ \ Teens have faced significant losses during this pandemic and are likely experiencing the complex emotion of grief, whether they recognize it or not. Often grief hides behind more obvious emotions.](/content/blog/the-grief-and-loss-caused-by-the-pandemic-is-real/index.html) Article \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ The grief and loss caused by the pandemic is real \ Amy Mezulis, PhD\ \ Teens have faced significant losses during this pandemic and are likely experiencing the complex emotion of grief, whether they recognize it or not. Often grief hides behind more obvious emotions.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Article \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Understanding Anxiety and Depression for LGBTQ People \ Brad Brenner, ADAA\ \ Dr. Brenner provides some excellent context for LGBTQ+ individuals on the powerful life experiences that fundamentally impact our sense of well-being.](https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/consumer/understanding-anxiety-and-depression-lgbtq) Article \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Understanding Anxiety and Depression for LGBTQ People \ Brad Brenner, ADAA\ \ Dr. Brenner provides some excellent context for LGBTQ+ individuals on the powerful life experiences that fundamentally impact our sense of well-being.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ What is Depression? \ Helen Farrell\ \ This video show a straight forward animated description of depression including stats about medication, therapy, and other forms of healing. Further, it explains how to help someone with depression, ways to aid yourself, and others.](https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_m_farrell_what_is_depression) Video \ Watch-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ What is Depression? \ Helen Farrell\ \ This video show a straight forward animated description of depression including stats about medication, therapy, and other forms of healing. Further, it explains how to help someone with depression, ways to aid yourself, and others.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Winter Girls \ Laurie Halse Anderson\ \ In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores main charecter Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope.](https://www.amazon.com/Wintergirls-Laurie-Halse-Anderson/dp/014241557X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XD8HGZI1EWXE&dchild=1&keywords=wintergirls+by+laurie+halse+anderson&qid=1595957621&s=books&sprefix=winter+girls+%2Cstripbooks%2C223&sr=1-1) Book \ Read-now\ \ Parents\ \ Young Adults\ \ Winter Girls \ Laurie Halse Anderson\ \ In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores main charecter Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ A Parent's Guide to Teen Depression \ HelpGuide.org\ \ It isn't always easy to tell the difference between typical lows that come with growing up and more serious depression. Here's how you can recognize the signs and how to best help your child.](https://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/parents-guide-to-teen-depression.htm) Website \ Read-now\ A Parent's Guide to Teen Depression \ HelpGuide.org\ \ It isn't always easy to tell the difference between typical lows that come with growing up and more serious depression. Here's how you can recognize the signs and how to best help your child.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ Causes and Risk Factors of Depression \ VeryWellMind\ \ Depression is extremely common and you are not alone. It can affect anyone at any age, but the reasons are not always known.](https://www.verywellmind.com/common-causes-of-depression-1066772) Website \ Read-now\ Causes and Risk Factors of Depression \ VeryWellMind\ \ Depression is extremely common and you are not alone. It can affect anyone at any age, but the reasons are not always known.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens: A Workbook \ Dr. Mary Karapetian Alvord\ \ This workbook offers a powerful technique called cognitive restructuring to help you reframe your thoughts, regulate your emotions, become a more flexible thinker, and stop letting your thoughts define who you are and how you feel.](https://www.amazon.com/Conquer-Negative-Thinking-Teens-Workbook/dp/1626258899/) Book \ Read-now\ Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens: A Workbook \ Dr. Mary Karapetian Alvord\ \ This workbook offers a powerful technique called cognitive restructuring to help you reframe your thoughts, regulate your emotions, become a more flexible thinker, and stop letting your thoughts define who you are and how you feel.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ Depression: A Teen’s Guide to Survive and Thrive \ Jacqueline B. Toner\ \ Using scientifically proven principles, this guidebook gives refreshing skills based advice to those at risk of developing anxiety and depression. The book provides easy to understand material that it not overwhelming for teens as well as approaching topics with maturity and openness.](https://www.amazon.com/Depression-Teens-Guide-Survive-Thrive/dp/1433822741) Book \ Read-now\ Depression: A Teen’s Guide to Survive and Thrive \ Jacqueline B. Toner\ \ Using scientifically proven principles, this guidebook gives refreshing skills based advice to those at risk of developing anxiety and depression. The book provides easy to understand material that it not overwhelming for teens as well as approaching topics with maturity and openness.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Influencer \ Follow-now\ @GoodNews_Movement \ Good News Movement\ \ A news source that highlights the good things happening in our world, there are a ton! Journalist-run and current.](https://www.instagram.com/goodnews_movement/?hl=en) Influencer \ Follow-now\ @GoodNews_Movement \ Good News Movement\ \ A news source that highlights the good things happening in our world, there are a ton! Journalist-run and current.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Podcast \ Listen-now\ Happiness Lab \ Dr. Laurie Santos\ \ The key to happiness may not be what you think it is... "The Happiness Lab" podcast will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness.](https://www.happinesslab.fm/) Podcast \ Listen-now\ Happiness Lab \ Dr. Laurie Santos\ \ The key to happiness may not be what you think it is... "The Happiness Lab" podcast will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime \ Nadine Burke Harris\ \ Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.](https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime?language=en) Video \ Watch-now\ How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime \ Nadine Burke Harris\ \ Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ How to Change Negative Thoughts \ Child Mind Institute\ \ Teens and young adults can be their own worst critics. Learn to recognize unhealthy thinking errors or "cognitive distortions".](https://childmind.org/article/how-to-change-negative-thinking-patterns/) Website \ Read-now\ How to Change Negative Thoughts \ Child Mind Institute\ \ Teens and young adults can be their own worst critics. Learn to recognize unhealthy thinking errors or "cognitive distortions".](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ Parenting a Depressed Teenager \ Child Mind Institute\ \ As children get older, parents must transition to a supporting role. When struggling with depression they need the help, but first they have to want that help.](https://childmind.org/article/how-to-help-your-depressed-teenager/) Website \ Read-now\ Parenting a Depressed Teenager \ Child Mind Institute\ \ As children get older, parents must transition to a supporting role. When struggling with depression they need the help, but first they have to want that help.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ Resources for Adolescents and Parents \ adolescenthealth.org\ \ Resources for Adolescents and Parents are online resources aimed specifically at adolescents and young adults and their parents.](https://www.adolescenthealth.org/Resources/Resources-for-Adolescents-and-Parents.aspx) Website \ Read-now\ Resources for Adolescents and Parents \ adolescenthealth.org\ \ Resources for Adolescents and Parents are online resources aimed specifically at adolescents and young adults and their parents.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Article \ Read-now\ The grief and loss caused by the pandemic is real \ Amy Mezulis, PhD\ \ Teens have faced significant losses during this pandemic and are likely experiencing the complex emotion of grief, whether they recognize it or not. Often grief hides behind more obvious emotions.](/content/blog/the-grief-and-loss-caused-by-the-pandemic-is-real/index.html) Article \ Read-now\ The grief and loss caused by the pandemic is real \ Amy Mezulis, PhD\ \ Teens have faced significant losses during this pandemic and are likely experiencing the complex emotion of grief, whether they recognize it or not. Often grief hides behind more obvious emotions.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ What is Depression? \ Helen Farrell\ \ This video show a straight forward animated description of depression including stats about medication, therapy, and other forms of healing. Further, it explains how to help someone with depression, ways to aid yourself, and others.](https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_m_farrell_what_is_depression) Video \ Watch-now\ What is Depression? \ Helen Farrell\ \ This video show a straight forward animated description of depression including stats about medication, therapy, and other forms of healing. Further, it explains how to help someone with depression, ways to aid yourself, and others.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Article \ Read-now\ 5 Times Billie Eilish Got Real About Mental Health \ Arden Fanning Andrews | Vogue\ \ In this interview Billie Eilish talks about her Tourette syndrome, body dysmorphic disorder, and depression honestly and with deep vulnerability.](https://www.vogue.com/article/billie-eilish-march-cover-star-mental-health) Article \ Read-now\ 5 Times Billie Eilish Got Real About Mental Health \ Arden Fanning Andrews | Vogue\ \ In this interview Billie Eilish talks about her Tourette syndrome, body dysmorphic disorder, and depression honestly and with deep vulnerability.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ For Teens Knee-Deep In Negativity, Reframing Thoughts Can Help \ NPR Shots\ \ Research shows that how we think can influence our emotions, how we physically feel, and how we behave.](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/09/09/549133027/for-teens-knee-deep-in-negativity-reframing-thoughts-can-help) Website \ Read-now\ For Teens Knee-Deep In Negativity, Reframing Thoughts Can Help \ NPR Shots\ \ Research shows that how we think can influence our emotions, how we physically feel, and how we behave.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ In the Water They Can't See You Cry \ Amanda Beard\ \ Amanda Beard, an Olympic gold medalist, did not know how to deal with the intensity of her success. Unaware that she was suffering from clinical depression, she hid the pain and internally suffered from a variety of mental health issues. Beard talks about the pressure of being an athlete and how she overcame her depression to thrive in this hypercompetitive enviroment.](https://www.amazon.com/Water-They-Cant-See-You/dp/1451644388/ref=sr_1_1?crid=U21MTQI8J50H&dchild=1&keywords=in+the+water+they+can%27t+see+you+cry&qid=1595952279&s=books&sprefix=in+the+wayer+they+%2Cstripbooks%2C220&sr=1-1) Book \ Read-now\ In the Water They Can't See You Cry \ Amanda Beard\ \ Amanda Beard, an Olympic gold medalist, did not know how to deal with the intensity of her success. Unaware that she was suffering from clinical depression, she hid the pain and internally suffered from a variety of mental health issues. Beard talks about the pressure of being an athlete and how she overcame her depression to thrive in this hypercompetitive enviroment.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ Life Inside My Mind \ Multiple Authors\ \ Your favorite Young Adult authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD.](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481494643/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1481494643) Book \ Read-now\ Life Inside My Mind \ Multiple Authors\ \ Your favorite Young Adult authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ Monochrome Days: A First-Hand Account of One Teenager's Experience With Depression \ Cait Irwin\ \ Cait Irwin was diagnosed with major depression at the age of fourteen, and she nearly lost her battle with the illness before she was able to receive the treatment she so desperately needed. In Monochrom Days, Irwin, now an adult and a successful artist, she shares her recount of the story.](https://www.amazon.com/Monochrome-Days-First-Hand-Experience-Depression/dp/0195310055) Book \ Read-now\ Monochrome Days: A First-Hand Account of One Teenager's Experience With Depression \ Cait Irwin\ \ Cait Irwin was diagnosed with major depression at the age of fourteen, and she nearly lost her battle with the illness before she was able to receive the treatment she so desperately needed. In Monochrom Days, Irwin, now an adult and a successful artist, she shares her recount of the story.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ Non-Depression Depression Video \ Dark Squidge\ \ Dark Squidge, a comedy youtuber, talks about depression in a way that add humor, allowing the audience to see another side of mental health that does not have to be discussed in complete seriousness.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=zt-MqJuRYYs&feature=emb_logo) Video \ Watch-now\ Non-Depression Depression Video \ Dark Squidge\ \ Dark Squidge, a comedy youtuber, talks about depression in a way that add humor, allowing the audience to see another side of mental health that does not have to be discussed in complete seriousness.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ On Dealing with Anxiety and Depression \ Jouelzy\ \ Youtuber, Jouelzy, talks about dealing with her depression. In this video, as well as others, she is talking about how black women can deal with mental health issues as well as other things. Her kindness and vulnerability is clear as she approaches these topics in a way that feel accessible and thoughtful.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyDe64IlVvc&feature=emb_title) Video \ Watch-now\ On Dealing with Anxiety and Depression \ Jouelzy\ \ Youtuber, Jouelzy, talks about dealing with her depression. In this video, as well as others, she is talking about how black women can deal with mental health issues as well as other things. Her kindness and vulnerability is clear as she approaches these topics in a way that feel accessible and thoughtful.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Website \ Read-now\ Q&A for Blues and Depression \ goaskalice.columbia.edu\ \ A great resource for when you are feeling blue or depressed. Go Ask Alice is a group of researchers out of Columbia University that is dedicating to answering questions about everything from depression to sex. They are focused on honest and digestible answers that are targeted towards teens and young adults.](https://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/tag?cat=31&title=Blues%20AND%20Depression) Website \ Read-now\ Q&A for Blues and Depression \ goaskalice.columbia.edu\ \ A great resource for when you are feeling blue or depressed. Go Ask Alice is a group of researchers out of Columbia University that is dedicating to answering questions about everything from depression to sex. They are focused on honest and digestible answers that are targeted towards teens and young adults.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ Some Kind Of Happiness \ Claire Legrand\ \ Claire Legrand's 'Some Kind of Happiness' shines a light on a family with secrets. When 11-year-old Finley Hart gets shipped off to her grandparents so her parents can address their broken marriage, she wonders why she's never met them before and why her father is estranged.](https://www.amazon.com/Some-Kind-Happiness-Claire-Legrand/dp/1442466022) Book \ Read-now\ Some Kind Of Happiness \ Claire Legrand\ \ Claire Legrand's 'Some Kind of Happiness' shines a light on a family with secrets. When 11-year-old Finley Hart gets shipped off to her grandparents so her parents can address their broken marriage, she wonders why she's never met them before and why her father is estranged.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Video \ Watch-now\ Tales from a teenage mental health advocate \ Amanda Southworth\ \ Amanda Southworth describes her history with anxiety, depression, and suicide. She is vulnerable and open with her experience and allows her hardships to guide her to help others. She is young and gives voice to those her age who can see themselves written in between the lines of her words.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLOagmZTWmM) Video \ Watch-now\ Tales from a teenage mental health advocate \ Amanda Southworth\ \ Amanda Southworth describes her history with anxiety, depression, and suicide. She is vulnerable and open with her experience and allows her hardships to guide her to help others. She is young and gives voice to those her age who can see themselves written in between the lines of her words.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Article \ Read-now\ Understanding Anxiety and Depression for LGBTQ People \ Brad Brenner, ADAA\ \ Dr. Brenner provides some excellent context for LGBTQ+ individuals on the powerful life experiences that fundamentally impact our sense of well-being.](https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/consumer/understanding-anxiety-and-depression-lgbtq) Article \ Read-now\ Understanding Anxiety and Depression for LGBTQ People \ Brad Brenner, ADAA\ \ Dr. Brenner provides some excellent context for LGBTQ+ individuals on the powerful life experiences that fundamentally impact our sense of well-being.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)

\ Book \ Read-now\ Winter Girls \ Laurie Halse Anderson\ \ In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores main charecter Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope.](https://www.amazon.com/Wintergirls-Laurie-Halse-Anderson/dp/014241557X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XD8HGZI1EWXE&dchild=1&keywords=wintergirls+by+laurie+halse+anderson&qid=1595957621&s=books&sprefix=winter+girls+%2Cstripbooks%2C223&sr=1-1) Book \ Read-now\ Winter Girls \ Laurie Halse Anderson\ \ In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores main charecter Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope.](/content/resources/depression#/index.html)