Depression in Children and Young People: From the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RC Psych)

Most people, children as well as adults, feel low or ‘blue’ occasionally. Feeling sad is a normal reaction to experiences that are stressful or upsetting. However, when these feelings go on and on, take over your usual self and interfere with your whole life, it can become an illness. This illness is called ‘depression’. 

Published on Apr 08 2016