Teenage Depression: A Growing Problem

“The teenage years should be the best years of your life!”

Young people often hear adults say this, but many teenagers disagree. They simply don’t feel like they’re in the midst of their “best years.” The pressures of school exams and concerns about relationships with family and friends create a deal of streets for the average teenager. Many find ways to cope with the stress. But for a large number of teens, their problems seem impossible to deal with. When this happens, the young person may fall into depression.

A look at the numbers

How common is the problem? Yeh ching-chuan, former chief executive of the John Tung Foundation, estimates that 10 to 40 percent of Taiwan’s young people suffer from depression.

In mainland China, a survey found that 16 percent of college students suffered from fear, anxiety or depression. Increasing mental health problems have prompted the government to look for possible solutions. Vice Health Minister Zhu Qingsheng said, “Our goal is to stop the growing trend of mental illness in children and teenagers…”

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