According to the body, parents unknowingly are the biggest destroyers of their children’s lives, as they are the major cause of depression among adolescents from the ages of 13 to 20.Programmes Director of MASHI, Dr. Promise Adiele, said parents should learn to take it easy with their wards, as well as try to understand them more, instead of being over bearing and comparing. Olawale maintained that often, people are faced with lots of depression-induced mechanisms such as the current economic hardship, unemployment. He added that they lack coping abilities like seeking counseling, which leads to suicidal ideations, which, if left unattended to, could lead to suicide. “We have educated them on major causes of depression and what they should look out for, or do if they encounter any of those symptoms.

Source: The Guardian February 01, 2019 03:56 UTC