Depression Treatment Center for Boys from AAAstate

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is depression?

Clinical depression is a serious condition that negatively affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. It often interferes with a person’s ability to experience or anticipate pleasure, and significantly interferes with functioning in daily life

2. Is depression a mental illness?

Yes, clinical depression is a serious, but treatable, mental illness. It is a medical condition, not a personal weakness.

3. Do children get depression?

Yes. Children are subject to the same factors that cause depression in adults.

4. Can a lack of sleep cause depression?

No. Lack of sleep alone cannot cause depression, but it does play a role. Lack of sleep resulting from another medical illness or the presence of personal problems can intensify depression

5. Is depression treatable?

There are effective treatments for depression which have been established through research; many treatments for depression have been around for years.