Affecting them in different ways depression. Depression is a medical disorder, and its a mood thats down, down in the dumps, depressed, anxious, tense, nervous for more than two weeks pretty solidly. In front of you, i gave you a fact sheet that tells you a little bit about teen depression for warning signs, things to look for, and well talk about that later on in the week when we prepare your lesson plan. This new Jersey High School has developed a program where students help other students recognize and deal with depression. The Peer Leadership Program is unique to our school in the sense that its a fivecredit course. Its not a club or an activity that the students participate in after school. First, theyre selected by their peers and their teachers. They write an application and participate in a group interview. Its comprised of 18 seniors. They apply when theyre juniors. And, ultimately, they are peer mentors for the eighth graders. Im calling because i cant stop worrying about thi
No doubt weve all felt sad at various times in our lives, but when does feeling sad mean something far more serious . Dr. Dana rabinowitz is a psychologist who treats kids with depression. Hello, doctor. Hi. So that were all on the same page, what does depression mean . Depression is one of those words that people use in everyday conversation to mean they feel really sad, but real depression is when you have a loss of interest in the things that you want, and youre sad for two weeks or longer. How can we tell the difference between just feeling blue and real depression . When youre really depressed, the level of depression is really intense. You feel so sad you cant find any interest in the activities you really enjoy. You might not be interested in school or your friends or your family anymore, and there are all these physical symptoms that go along with it, also. People can lose weight or gain weight. They can have trouble sleeping. They have trouble paying attention. They feel tired
So its good to know there are organizations around to help teens recognize and prevent relationship abuse. One of those organizations is rapp. That stands for relationship abuse prevention program. Every year it helps thousands of new york city teens. Theres a lot of things that i didnt understand that came to my attention that i just i never paid no mind to. Tyriek has a new attitude about treating girlfriends with respect. Hes now a rapp peer leader. You start dating when youre a teen, generally. So you need to start learning how to manage these relationships and understand whats healthy, whats not healthy. Kids who join rapp learn about relationship rights, including the right to have your own opinion, the right to say no to getting physical, the right to have other friends, and the right to end the relationship. Just because some movies and music videos make it seem okay to dominate your girlfriend or boyfriend, its not okay. A lot of times the kids romanticize the unhealthy. Its l
Well, were four friends, four years, for a difference, and we came up with our name because the four of us are really good friends, and for our four years of high school, we pledge to do 1,000 hours of Community Service. [ record scratches ] you heard right. One thousand hours of volunteer work. The mission is to inspire other teens to help out in their communities and do Community Service, just because its better than doing other stuff, basically. And it makes you feel better as a person, and its really fun. Their plan was hatched during their freshman year of high school. A devastating world event got them thinking. We started talking about it earlier in the year, and then we really sat down in, like, january or february, was it . It was january. January . And kind of, it was around the haiti earthquake, so we thought it would be a good idea to have a dance at our school to benefit it. And thats kind of how it all just came together. What you were just watching is actually from a new
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