NYM Ministries: Depression: When Should Parents Seek Help (from Today's Native Father #120)

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PRODUCT/RESOURCES INDEX Today's Native Father Archive of Articles Free booklets Marriage/Parenting Tip Calendar of workshops E-mail questions or comments	This article is from Today's Native Father, issue #120, January/February, 2002. Related articles from this issue: Teen Depression is on the Rise Bible People Who God Depressed? Hope Fills in the Missing Pieces
	Depression: When Should Parents Seek Help by David Hertzler
	If one or more of these signs of depression persist, parents should seek help. Frequent sadness, tearfulness, crying. A preference for black clothes, or poetry and music with themes of death or destruction. Hopelessness, shown by pessimism and neglect of personal appearance or hygiene. Social isolation, difficulty with relationships, dropping out of clubs, sports or other activities they once enjoyed. Persistent boredom or low energy, cutting classes, a drop in grade averages, poor concentration. Low self esteem and guilt, increased sensitivity to rejection or failure, increased irritability, anger or hostility. Frequent complaints of physical illnesses, especially headaches and stomach-aches. A major change in eating or sleeping patterns: all-night television watching, loss of appetite. Running away from home, or talking about it. Self-destructive behaviour; thinking or talking of suicide.