1. The association between depression and suicide in adolescence
Student : Euridiki Damoulianou
Professor : Dr. Kondilis
Course : Developmental Psychology II

2. AGENDA
Definition of depression.
Causes and symptoms of depression in adolescence.
Treatment of depression.
The link between depression in adolescence and suicide.
Interviews.
Results.
Discussion/limitations.
3. INTRODUCTION
Depression is a serious mental disease which disrupts relationships and daily lives.
According to Greek Ministry of Health depression affects 850,00 men and 1,1000 women in Greece annually.
Types of depression
Dysthymic disorder
Psychotic depression
Postpartum depression
seasonal affective disorder
4. INTRODUCTION
According to the U.S. National Institute for Health almost 20% of the teenage population experience depression.
Depression during adolescence should diagnosed and treated at its early stages, before developing into serious psychiatric disorder during adulthood .
Depression in adolescence is usually measured through
Adolescents self-reports of their emotions
interviews and
items included in checklists of depressive symptoms
5. INTRODUCTION
6. Depression in adolescence photos
7. INTRODUCTIONAdolescents with an increased risk of depression
8. INTRODUCTIONCauses of depression during adolescence
9. INTRODUCTIONCauses of depression during adolescence
10. INTRODUCTION
11. Causes for depression photos
12. INTRODUCTION
In some cases, an adolescent can overcome his depressive symptoms with-out any kind of treatment as he gains maturity through his transition from adolescence to early adulthood BUT
Sometimes depression remains incurable and a set of depressive symptoms in adolescence repeat and become more intense during early-adulthood .
13. INTRODUCTION
Suicide = A complex phenomenon where several environmental, social and economic factors contribute to it.
According to studies, adolescents with depressive disorders present a significantly greater risk of committing suicide than those who are psychological healthy .
It is the third leading cause of death among adolescents.
There are more attempts at suicide by female adolescents as a whole BUT the male adolescents are more successful at dying.
14. INTRODUCTION
There is a link between depression and suicide ,because.
Depression distorts an adolescents point of view to such a degree that he /she perceives even small every-day problems as major ones, which are impossible for one to solve.
negative thoughts +the loss of pleasure + low-self-esteem = Makes one feel that death is the only solution to escape from emotional pain .
15. Suicide photos
16.HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY
Adolescents who suffer from major-depression , combined with low-self esteem and a stressful external event, are at high risk of developing suicidal thoughts or committing suicide(in adolescence or young adulthood).
17. Method
subjects
4 adults -two of them were diagnosed with major depression (during adolescence) and the other two committed suicide due to major depression (two of their relatives have been interviewed).
Gender: three females and one male.
Ethnicity : Greeks.
Aged: 22 to 35 years old.
Different social, educational and financial backgrounds.
18. Participants
19. Procedure
Location of the interviews : Participants homes.
Duration of each appointment : two hours.
The study was completed within two days.
Before the onset of the interviews, participants received an informed consent form.
All the participants answers were written done to a note book.
When the interview was conducted, the subjects were thanked for their participation.
20. Results

Case#1, #case2 and #case 4 were diagnosed with moderate depression in late-adolescence.

21. case# 3was diagnosed with moderate depression in middle-adolescence. 22. All the cases received treatment but their condition deteriorated during their transition to young-adulthood. 23.The case#4, who committed successfully suicide at the age of 35, during childhood he experienced both his parents suicide.