This is a trailer for Day For Night, an in-depth look at the signs, symptoms, and treatment of teenage depression. The film features the true stories of teenagers and their struggles with clinical depression and bipolar disorder as well as interviews with their friends and families and mental health professionals. 

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Current topic: Depression


According to the National Institutes of Mental Health:

•Clinical depression affects 15 million Americans every year. Approximately 3 to 5 percent of the teen population experiences clinical depression every year…that means approximately two million people. 

•Approximately 25% of high school students seriously consider suicide each year, and over the past 35 years, the youth suicide rate in the U.S. has tripled.

•Depression is not a weakness; it's a serious health disorder. 

•Symptoms of depression include, among others: Feelings of sadness and hopelessness; an inability to make decisions; loss of interest in ordinary activities; loss of appetite and radical behavioral changes.

•Among people who are experiencing severe depression, 80-90 percent are treatable.


Watch a PBS show on Teenage Depression. Great stories, statistics, and in a youth-friendly way. Check it out here.


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