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Youth Depression Screening Initiative: Identifying and Supporting Teens in Need

This initiative focuses on yearly mental health checkups for children, utilizing surveys and an inexpensive questionnaire to identify depression. The law P.A. 96-951 provides support for students in grades 7-12 suffering from depression. Statistics reveal that 1 out of 8 children experience depression. Interviews, visuals, and survey data help in raising awareness about this common disease and breaking the stigma surrounding it.

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Youth Depression Screening Initiative: Identifying and Supporting Teens in Need

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  1. A New Direction from Dark Depression By: Julia, Maddie, Jacob, and Jason

  2. Summary of Main Points • Yearly checkups with doctors about the mental health of the child • Identifies children that have depression • Not all children go to the doctor for checkups • Survey conducted every fall • Inexpensive way to identify teens, but they may lie • Law P.A.96-951 (HB 4672) was enacted to help students grades 7-12 that suffer from depression. • Gives the children a support system.

  3. Survey Data and Graphs

  4. Additional Survey Data and Graphs

  5. Interviews

  6. Visuals Depression is a very common disease, 1 out of 8 children suffer from it. Using a four question questionnaire helps to identify children that suffer from depression. When people are depressed they often feel like they are alone in the world. “‘Teenagers have a hard time asking for help… I actually though about hurting myself, not wanting to be here at all… Without the screening, I’m not sure how I would have gotten the help I needed.’” Participant

  7. Picture Bibliography • "A LETTER TO THOSE WHO CAN’T FIND PEACE (FORUM RESPONSE) : TEENAGE DEPRESSION TO ADULT STAGE." Aphrodesire.wordpress. Ed. Aphrodesire. 12 Nov. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. http://aphrodesire.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/a-letter-to-those-who-cant-find-peace-forum-response-teenage-depression-to-adult-stage/ • "Patient Health Questionnaire (phq-9." Muskie.usm.maine. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/clinicalfusion/DHHS/phq9.pdf • Taylor, Paul. "Business Cartoons, Law Cartoons, Health Cartoons, Dog Cartoons, Presentation Cartoons - Famiy Cartoons, Kids Cartoons, Mother Cartoons, Father Cartoons - Teenager Cartoons, Kids Cartoons, Family Cartoons - Teenager Cartoons, Kids Cartoons, Family Cartoons." Cartoon Resource. Web. 07 Apr. 2011. http://www.cartoonresource.com/archive/family-relationships/teenagers/tdt102-ty.aspx • TEEN GIRL TAKING PSYCHOLOGY TEST (HOUSE, TREE, PERSON), DRAWING FROM IMAGINATION. Photograph. Encyclop訶ia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 21 Mar 2011. http://quest.eb.com/media/image.htm?hidJob=&searchKeyword=teen+mental+health&pageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=15&subjectId=0&collectionId=0&mediaId=148_1825184

  8. Research Biliography • "Communities around Pennsylvania start teen mental health screening." Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week (July 10, 2004): 694. Student Resource Center - Junior. Gale. EDGEWOOD SCHOOL (IL). 12 Mar. 2011 http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=high53888 • "Free Implementation Materials for Screening in Medical Settings." Nachc.org. University of Columbia, 2009. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. <http://www.nachc.org/client/teenscreen%20primary%20care%20brochure%208.09.pdf> • infocollective. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar 2011. <http://www.infocollective.org/mentalhealth.html#LegislativeEfforts>.

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