Depression

Dear Dr. Robyn: I think my child's depressed

by DrRobyn on February 9, 2009

Dr. Robyn Silverman
Dear Dr. Robyn,
I’m worried that my daughter is depressed.  She always loved to go to her classes and right now she doesn’t want to do much of anything.  I’ve had her teachers talk to her and she just seems lethargic.  She’s always been one to talk about commitment and other “Powerful Words” like [...]

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Girls Feel Anxiety about Pressure to Fast-Track Their Development
Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman
Between the magazine articles telling girls to lose weight, glossies telling her that she’ll never measure up , young celebrities withering away along with their clothes, models getting thinner and thinner, and the massive pressures in school and among friends to look [...]

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