Teenage+Depression

Here's a very informative guide about targeted at parents and teachers: []

The guide links to two articles useful for teachers with depressed students. One is written by a student who suffered from depression and includes her suggestions for how teachers can deal with depressed students: [] The second is by a teacher who experienced a student suicide attempt and includes some specific guidelines for teachers dealing with extremely depressed students: [] I'll definitely include some info from both of these, and may pass on the links to the other fellows.

The guide also includes a list of symptoms of clinical depression, most of which are directly related to socio-emotional issues (e.g. withdrawal from peer groups) so we can highlight how depression influences this part of teenager's development.

I also dug up this clip from the educational film //Day for Night//, in which students who suffered from depression describe their experience: [] It's only about a minute long, so I was planning on showing most or all of it to either introduce or bookend the topic of teenage depression... thoughts?