Depression causes feelings of sadness and loses interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can cause a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work, home and interactivity. It will make that person feel useless or unwanted. According to the article “Teens using screens for help: Impact suicidal ideation, anxiety, and depression levels on youth preferences for telemental health resources” published on Dec 22, 2018, teens are affected by Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidal. About 31.5% of high school students feel hopeless and sad; mostly females. 31.5% of high school students are 463,050 students that have mental health problems which is a lot of students who are suffering and most of them don’t even know they have depression, that is a big concern.
Here are some hyperlinks that have great information: https://mental.jmir.org/2019/6/e1323 & https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/consumer/depression-and-daily-life
how can depression change lifestyle choices? 