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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Causes Mood Swings In Teenagers

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Recognizing Depression in Teenagers

By Deborah Gray Health Expert
Teenagers are mysterious creatures. Even though we've all been teenagers, somehow that experience doesn't amount to a hill of beans when we're trying to understand our own (speaking as the stepmother to one current and two former teenage stepchildren).

Most of the time this inability to understand teenagers is simply a reason to smack your forehead with your hand and mutter something under your breath. But what if you're concerned that a teenager you know is depressed? Not just exp... Read more »

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...also called manic depression, is a disease of the neurotransmitters in the brain that causes dramatic mood swings. It affects over 2 million Americans and tends to run in families. Typically,... Read more »
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...from bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression. This very serious illness involves dramatic mood swings from high manic episodes to very low depressed episodes. It can be very disruptive to... Read more »
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...symptoms of mania or severe depression. The effects of cocaine in a heavy user can also produce abnormal mood swings that closely resemble those of bipolar disorder.Other Causes of Mood Swings.... Read more »
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