Early to bed to Overcome Depression
Implementation of the curfew on children and adolescents had a good result for their psychological, of which can reduce depression and suicide.
Recent research reported by The Journal of Sleep in New York on January 1, 2010 and then, show that bed early to protect adolescents from depression and suicidal thoughts. This research involved 15,659 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years who participated in the National Research Longitudinal Adolescent Health problems between 1994-1996.
The result, those who sleep at midnight or later, 24 percent have a tendency to get depressed and 20 percent of the desire to commit suicide than those who sleep before 10:00 at night. Meanwhile, those who slept less than five hours a night have a 71 percent chance of depression and 48 percent of the desire to commit suicide than those who slept for eight hours.
“These results fit with the theory that suggests that insufficient sleep, including a high risk factor for depression,” says researcher James E Gangwisch PhD from Columbia University Medical Center in New York, was quoted as saying webmd.com site.
The researchers concluded that sleep deprivation can produce effects that depression can hamper the ability of adolescents to overcome the pressures of everyday life, as well as adverse relationships with peers and parents. They say that knowledge of adolescents and parents of healthy sleep practices would be beneficial to future lives.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, depression is defined as a specific mental disorder, characterized by feelings of sadness, hopelessness, loss of spirit, feeling guilty, slow in thinking, and decreased motivation to perform activities.
There are various methods of therapy that can be done for depressed adolescents. Health personnel will consider the appropriate method for each individual, including by using cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, supportive therapy or using drugs.
Many factors determine the success of therapy as early as their teens are depressed, the weight of depression, motivation, quality of therapy, parenting support, family situation (whether the parent is also suffering from depression or not, there are or are not in conflict with the family, a stressful life or not ).
In addition, family therapy is also necessary to support the recovery adolescents suffering from depression.
Author of Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, said that teenagers who are depressed are often unable or unwilling to talk about their sadness. They are not able to say exactly how they feel, instead showing a somber attitude angry, impatient, cranky, and outraged, especially to their parents.
However, parents still should not be afraid. Because when it will cure depression in teens, the most important factor is the support, good support from family, friends, and others who deal directly with the patient. Of course, the family factor is very important role in this process.
