User:Mariavaron14/Depression in childhood and adolescence

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"The biopsychosocial model helps professionals understand the cause of mental illness by looking at three factors4:


 * Biology: Genetics and family history may be a cause of mental illness. It’s also possible that exposure to alcohol or drugs in the womb was a factor.
 * Psychology: Stressful events, like a traumatic experience, in a person’s life can alter their psychology and lead to a mental illness.
 * Social: Social factors like a person’s home environment, community, relationships, employment status and more can affect a person’s mental health"

"Mental illness can affect anyone, including young people. For those struggling with mental illness, about 50 percent of individuals started to have symptoms by the age of 14, and 75 percent experienced symptoms by age 24.15 Signs and symptoms can include mood changes, problems thinking, apathy and other unusual symptoms. There are also millions of adolescents struggling with mental illness. In 2020:


 * 17% experienced a major depressive episode16
 * 12% had serious thoughts of suicide16
 * Mental health-related emergency room visits for adolescents increased by 31%, compared to 201917"