Essays about: "depression in teenagers"

Found 2 essays containing the words depression in teenagers.

1. 1. Mental health literacy about depression and schizophrenia among Swedish teenagers: a vignette study

   University essay from Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Evaggelia Tartani; [2011]
   Keywords : mental health literacy; depression; schizophrenia; altruism; stigma; adolescents; knowledge;

   Abstract : Although the prevalence of mental pathology is high, public’s mental health literacy (i.e. knowledge about mental disorders) has not been examined to a great extent. The main purpose of this study was to examine mental health literacy concerning depression and schizophrenia in a setting of adolescents in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. The foulest creatures that walk this earth : J.K. Rowling's Magical Creatures as Metaphors for Difficulties for Teenagers

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Erica Engdahl; [2009]
   Keywords : harry; potter; magical; creatures; didacticism; racism; fear; different; change;

   Abstract : In this essay I discuss the magical creatures in the Harry Potter series; not the complete series but Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Many scholars say that the Harry Potter novels are didactic, moralist books in different ways. READ MORE