Sabtu, 06 Februari 2010


The Factors of Depression in Teenagers

The rapid development of the world encourages everybody to compete, so that makes everybody expected to be able to do something well. In fact, everyone can not do it, even many who do fail. Failure causes disappointment for some people that leads to depression. Depression can be experienced by anyone without knowing age, gender or social status. Currently, depression is one of the major serious behavioral problems among teenagers. The depression in teenagers can be caused by several factors, such as genetic, biological and enviromental factors.
First of all, genetic factor is one of the factors that cause depression for teenagers. Depression may occur in families with historical occurance, which has been proven in studies by researchers over the past decade. In fact, between 20 percent and 50 percent of children and adolescents who have depression also have a family history of depression (Emedtv, 2007). This fact has lead researchers into conclusion that genetics play roles in the likelihood of one's depression occurance.
The second factor that causes depression in teenagers is biological factors. it includes, both physical and emotional changes. The human body, with its enormous network of neurotransmitters, introduces a lot of anatomical, physiological and psychological changes during adolescence (All-on-Depression, 2009). These changes, started with increase in hormones and marked by puberty in both boys and girls. Next, it will be trigger for mood swings and anger, which usually resulting in negative emotions. It happens because teenagers are still learning how to cope with everyday issues and problems, finding out who they are and where they fit in the world. Sometimes teenagers are not able to understand these changes well, and this becomes another factors of teen depression.
In addition to genetic and biological, environmental factor is the last factor that causes of teen depression. Environment is the most influential factor for teenagers, it is the place for teenager to do social interactions. It generally, can be divided into two major parts. First family environmental as the smallest environment, which functions as a gathering and sharing place for family members. In fact, the contrast happened and the family does not function as it should. The parents are busy with their activity, so the children be neglected. They do not receive attention and affection from the parents. This may lead them to feel that they can not turn to parents for help and becomes depressed. The second environment is social environment, such as school and neighbourhood. In this environment, teens are faced with a variety of activities. These activities will encourage teens to compete and work hard to get maximum results. In fact, the result obtained are not as expected and many teens become depressed of it.
In conclusion, genetic, biological and environmental factor are only few examples that may cause depression in teenagers. However, the most important thing is how to deal with the depression, because depression is a part of human life. Support from family and friends, will make the teenagers learn to cope with the stress in the face of competition in the world.
REFERENCES (Reuben. 2009. All-on-depression-help articles. Causes of TeenDepression. and Arthur Schoenstadt, MD 2007. Emedtv articles. Causes of Teen Depression : An Overview.)

Kamis, 04 Februari 2010

Krisis Moral di Negeriku

Miris rasanya melihat tayangan TV One kemarin pagi, mungkin bagi anda yang tidak menyaksikannya akan saya ceritakan ulang, yah walaupun tidak selengkap di televisi itu pastinya...Begini ceritanya (kaya model salah satu acara di tv ketika saya sma dulu).
Kemajuan teknologi informasi ibarat dua sisi mata uang. Ada positif maupun negatifnya, namun itu semua kembali juga ke pemakainya..Langsung aja deh, topik yang dibicarakan pagi itu cukup menarik, dan ehm bikin kita geleng-geleng...Booming facebook sebagai salah satu situs jejaring sosial ternyata telah disalahgunakan oleh beberapa pihak, salah satunya adalah sebagai sarana promosi prostitusi (OMG). Sebut saja namanya Endah, sesuai nama samaran dalam acara tersebut, dengan tanpa malu-malu menceritakan kegunaan facebook bagi dirinya sebagai salah satu sarana promosi dia sebagai ABG panggilan, knapa saya bilang ABG, adalah karena dia baru duduk di kelas 1 SMA hmm mungkin kira-kira usianya baru 16 atau 17 tahun. Namun alasan dia melakukan hal tersebut adalah untuk memenuhi kebutuhan lain seperti untuk beli handphone atau pakaian ABG sekarang,dalam arti kata adalah bukan untuk kebutuhan primer melainkan kebutuhan sekunder. Dan hal ini diluar sepengetahuan orangtua, namun satu hal yang konyol adalah foto serta profilenya lengkapnya terpampang dengan jelas di facebook, dengan alasan biar orang tau bagaimana saya....Dan terakhir adalah tanpa malu malu dia melakukan update status dengan kalimat seperti ini " Om, malam minggu ak sendirian neh, jemput dong om".Demikianlah salah satu potret nyata kehidupan sosial di negeriku ini, sulit rasanya menerima kenyataan tersebut, generasi muda sebagai penerus bangsa, namun tak berdaya..Semoga sepenggal kisah ini menjadi catatan bagi bagi kita semua untuk membuka mata terhadap kehidupan sosial disekitar kita. Krisis moral telah melanda seluruh negeri ini, mulai dari pejabat yang korup yang rela menjual jabatannya hingga ABG yang rela menjual dirinya,..