I’m seeing so many teenagers with depression.

Some of it is mild depression, some of it quite severe. Sometimes with suicidal ideation. Often it presents as loss of interest in school, friends and family. It is a real shame that so often people do not recognise the amount of depressed teens in our secondary schools. Far too often they are perceived as lazy, poorly motivated or “slow”. Depression in teens is a serious but treatable condition. Too many are suffering needlessly.