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What is depression? / Rachael Morlock.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding anxiety (PowerKids Press)Publisher: New York : PowerKids Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781725318090
  • 1725318091
  • 9781725318113
  • 1725318113
  • 9781725318106
  • 1725318105
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Feeling down -- Moods and feelings -- Other signs -- What causes depression? -- Seeing a doctor -- Finding a treatment -- Building skills -- Asking for help -- Healthy habits -- Showing support.
Summary: "Everyone experiences sadness at some point in their life-but not everyone experiences depression. Depression is extreme sadness and feeling discouragement, despair, or hopelessness from weeks to years at a time. People who experience depression often don't take enjoyment from life and don't have much energy, motivation, or concentration. In this volume, readers will learn what causes depression, steps to a diagnosis, and different types of treatments. They'll also learn that it's OK not to be OK, but that it's important to talk about how they're feeling with people who are available to help"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 616.8527 M865 Available 33111010449771
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Everyone experiences sadness at some point in their life, but not everyone experiences depression. Depression is extreme sadness and feeling discouragement, despair, or hopelessness from weeks to years at a time. People who experience depression often don't take enjoyment from life and don't have much energy, motivation, or concentration. With this volume, readers will learn what causes depression, steps to a diagnosis, and different types of treatments. They'll also learn that it's OK not to be OK, and that it's important to talk about feelings with people who are available to help.

Includes index.

Feeling down -- Moods and feelings -- Other signs -- What causes depression? -- Seeing a doctor -- Finding a treatment -- Building skills -- Asking for help -- Healthy habits -- Showing support.

"Everyone experiences sadness at some point in their life-but not everyone experiences depression. Depression is extreme sadness and feeling discouragement, despair, or hopelessness from weeks to years at a time. People who experience depression often don't take enjoyment from life and don't have much energy, motivation, or concentration. In this volume, readers will learn what causes depression, steps to a diagnosis, and different types of treatments. They'll also learn that it's OK not to be OK, but that it's important to talk about how they're feeling with people who are available to help"-- Provided by publisher.

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