Model of medical and psychological support for adolescents with depressive behavior

Abstract

Introduction Traditional methods of preventing the deviant behavior in adolescents are aimed at clinical variants of certain forms of deviant behavior. Objectives The study included 160 teenagers with depression. Methods Study design included: Depression Test, Projective Drawing Tests, Pathoharacterological Diagnostic; Package of AUDIT tests for the diagnosis of dependent behavior. Results Symptoms of depressive behavior disorder in adolescents depending on age and gender were identified: in girls aged 12-14 – autoaggression, food disorders and suicidal behavior; in boys aged 12-14 – gaming, internet addiction; in boys aged 15-18 – gambling, drug addiction and smoking. Anxiety of younger teenagers turns into a chronic anxiety-dreary depression, with frequent attacks behavioral disorders. Conclusions The use of technology makes it possible to identify informative imprinting of stereotypical behavior and the locus of the therapeutic window, provide medical and psychological support for adolescents with depressive disorders and the quality of social functioning, provide primary and secondary prevention of depression progression and the formation of dependent behavior. Disclosure No significant relationships.

Keywords

• depression
• adolescent
• behavioral disorders