It is very important to notice in time a child or in teenagers the symptoms of suicidal behavior. These symptoms depend on the patient's age. Bipolar disorder in teenagers and in children has the obsession with death and the breaking of relations with friends.

Many children suffering from depression, there are symptoms of anxiety, such as excessive experience for any occasion or a fear of parting with their parents. Sometimes these symptoms appear before the diagnosis of depression. When severe forms of depression in children can appear symptoms such as hallucinations, when a child hears the voices do not exist, or the illusion, when a child believes in delusions. Hallucinations are more common in younger children, whereas the illusion of more typical of adolescents.

Distinguish normal mood swings or sullenness and symptoms of depression very difficult. Rarely a bad mood or irritability, it is quite natural. Such sentiments help a child cope with grief or survive life's difficulties. For example, grief is a natural reaction to loss, such as the death of relatives, death of pet, loss of a friend or divorce of parents. As a result, a great loss, a child may be sad for a long time. However, if this mood persists and begins to affect the child's life, he may have symptoms of a mood disorder like depression or dysthymia (depression, which lasts a mild form for a long time). And these states are already in need of treatment.

Sometimes, after the diagnosis of depression in a child eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Children with bipolar disorder experience dramatic mood swings, for example, is very depressing, depressed mood is replaced by excessively elevated, which is also called mania. However, these symptoms during the depression can be caused by other diseases. In most cases, very difficult to distinguish bipolar disorder from depression. Very often, such children are first diagnosed with depression and only after the first attack of mania; the physician makes the diagnosis with bipolar disorder. Although these two diseases are similar, they require different treatments. Like depression, bipolar disorder tends to be inherited, so if a family history of the disease, be sure to inform your doctor. (For more information about this topic, see the article "Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents).

Depression in children and adolescents may appear as a sudden and gradual. Child seems more irritable than just in a bad mood, he always misses, and feels helpless. The surrounding people notice that the motion of a sick child is more sluggish orrestless or overly excited. Child to become self-critical or believes, as if people around him constantly is not fair to criticize.