Understanding and Treating Major Depressive Disorders among Adolescents

Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to review and introduce the issue of Major Depressive Disorders among teenagers, including its possible cause and treating methods. The paper also reviews and depicted several research and reviews done to date regard to the topic. Based on the findings and results of studies done to date, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is discovered as one of the most effective treatments in treating major depressive disorders nowadays. Other treatments nowadays are also depicted in the paper, each with different level of effectiveness, including Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) and Family Therapy (FT). Regardless of the actual treating methods after being diagnose, initial steps to took and possible prevention interventional programs are also depicted below. As more experiments and research expect to be done in the future, drawbacks of other treatments regarding to the topic will be revised, whereas various types of efficient methods could be free to choose from by patients.