goodtoknow says: Childhood depression is now a recognised and treatable illness. It used to be thought that only adults could get depressed. In fact around two in 100 children are clinically depressed and this rises to around five in 100 teenagers. The main symptoms include feeling constantly low and tearful, being listless and withdrawn. Your child may try to harm herself or may behave very badly. Her sleeping and eating patterns could also suffer. But there are many successful ways to treat this crippling illness so see your GP.

For a full medical explanation of the causes, symptoms and treatment of depression from patient.co.uk, read on.

Depression doesn't just happen to adults. Children can suffer from it too. Symptoms include looking and feeling constantly unhappy, crying a lot or being quiet and withdrawn. But the vast majority of children can be helped.

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