{"id":336679,"date":"2016-06-11T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T02:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/how-to-tell-child-is-depressed-336679.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T02:48:19","slug":"how-to-tell-child-is-depressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/parenting-hk\/family-matters-hk\/how-to-tell-child-is-depressed-336679.html","title":{"rendered":"Signs &amp; Symptoms: How to tell if your child is depressed"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"p1\">If you believe your kids are too young to suffer from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/parenting\/advice-for-mums\/intense-parenting-and-depression-172777.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terrifying clutches of depression<\/a>, think again. While childhood depression differs from the usual bouts of sadness or emotional unhappiness, it is important to be able to tell if a child starts to exhibit signs of depressive illness. Generally, if their sadness begins to interfere with their social activities, <a href=\"http:\/\/Kid Tricks: 10 Effective tips to put your child to sleep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sleep patterns<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/beauty\/beauty-buys\/skincare\/antibacterial-products-188988.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">regular daily routine<\/a>, it may be time to take their condition seriously and perhaps even seek professional help.<\/p> <p class=\"p1\">From signs of anger and irritability to complete social withdrawal, children typically handle their depression in a variety of ways, depending on the situation and the circumstances.\u00a0Head up to the gallery to see if your little ones have been exhibiting more than a few of the symptoms we've listed. If you think your child is showing the first signs of depression, we strongly advise you to approach an expert for their advice.<\/p> <p><em>SOS (Samaritans of Singapore) suicide prevention centre 24-hour hotline: 1800-221 4444<\/em><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><em>Angela Goh<\/em><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><em>Photos: iStock<\/em><\/p> <h2 class=\"p1\"> <span>Read more:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/expert-advice\/sortir-gagnant-depression-59463.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Depression: How to emerge from the condition a winner?<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/can-eating-fish-help-lower-chances-depression-124973.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can eating fish help lower chances of depression?<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s important to learn the signs of depression - and yes, even children can fall victim to this mental condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":553,"featured_media":205192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"It\u2019s important to learn the symptoms of depression - and yes, even children can fall victim to this mental condition.","_is_translated":false,"_source_post_url":"","is_displayed_in_hp":false,"displayed_in_hp_after_update":false,"is_thumb_featured":false,"template_without_diapo":"","enable_bloc_resume":false,"bloc_resume_post":[],"ctc_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16992,9791,16864,17068],"tags":[10391,118,4773,1634255,46,8849,4319],"class_list":["post-336679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-matters-hk","category-galerie","category-galerie-hk","category-menu_site-hk","tag-advice","tag-children","tag-depression","tag-has_diapo","tag-health-2","tag-parenting","tag-symptoms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6 Signs that could mean your child is depressed - Hong Kong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s important to learn the symptoms of depression - and yes, even children can fall victim to this mental condition.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"6 Signs that could mean your child is depressed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s important to learn the symptoms of depression - and yes, even children can fall victim to this mental condition.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/parenting-hk\/family-matters-hk\/how-to-tell-child-is-depressed-336679.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marie France Asia, women&#039;s magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-11T02:00:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-05-03T02:48:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/06\/gettyimages-654676261.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Angela Goh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mariefranceasia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mariefranceasia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Angela Goh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/parenting-hk\/family-matters-hk\/how-to-tell-child-is-depressed-336679.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/parenting-hk\/family-matters-hk\/how-to-tell-child-is-depressed-336679.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Angela Goh\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/550a7ca3e08e9aec38867373f3fb8da0\"},\"headline\":\"Signs &amp; 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