Teen Depression Treatment in Los Angeles, California
Support for Teen Depression
Battling depression is never easy, especially as a teenager.
Trying to understand how depression is affecting your teen with their fluctuating body and hormones, and how to interact socially with peers, is challenging. Other life factors like family, friends, and emotions also influence them. This becomes increasingly difficult to navigate, and without ample support, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
There are many symptoms associated with teen depression, and without proper support, it can worsen. Some notable symptoms like fatigue, sleep disturbances, appetite changes, hopelessness, emotional fatigue, dissociation, and suicidal ideation can create difficulties in your teen’s life.
At Clear Behavioral Health, our teen depression treatment is tailored to your teen’s needs. Our mental health professionals work with them to use a comprehensive approach to their treatment. Supporting you and your teen by reconnecting your body and mind, as they decrease depression symptoms and stabilize their life.
Teen Depression Treatments at Clear Behavioral Health
Our adolescent depression treatment program is offered through our teen intensive outpatient program (IOP). While in IOP, your teen will be living at home while attending the program, which gives them flexibility to attend school and continue their personal life.
Our case managers can work with your teen’s school to accommodate the program. Our programs, located throughout Los Angeles, CA, are conveniently in-network with most insurance providers, which makes the financial aspect less daunting and more accessible.
If you or your teen is seeking a less intensive therapeutic treatment, we will work with you to determine if our individual therapy and psychiatric medication management options better suit your needs through our partnership with Neuro Wellness Spa.
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Our teen depression treatment
Our teen IOP programs are created with a comprehensive approach in mind. This level of care provides various therapeutic approaches like individual talk therapy, group therapy, family therapy, and holistic modalities.
The IOP program is three days per week, for three hours per day, and targets your teen’s depression using evidence-based solutions that can help you understand and manage depression symptoms.
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What to expect with our teen IOP programs
Entering one of our IOP programs will begin your therapeutic journey. IOP gives you the tools needed to navigate your depression, build healthier relationships, and learn useful coping skills.
In each program, you will work with a case manager, an individual therapist, a group therapist, and a holistic practitioner for the perfect treatment schedule to heal your symptoms related to depression. These programs include:
Individual therapy
Weekly sessions with a therapist to help you explore the underlying causes of your depression, identify your triggers, and develop coping strategies to last a lifetime.
Medication management
If necessary, our clinicians will prescribe and monitor medications to manage depression symptoms and support healing.
Case management
Weekly case management meetings will help you develop life skills, build healthy daily routines, and support reintegration into your daily life.
Group therapy
Daily group therapy sessions help you to build a supportive network of peers and explore therapeutic techniques like CBT and mindfulness.
Family Therapy
We will engage the family with therapy sessions to speak about familial issues, learn coping skills for triggers, and how to better understand and support each other.
Holistic groups
Yoga, meditation, sound baths, art and music therapy, and other holistic therapies are practiced daily to restore balance between your mind and body.
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Conditions we treat
What is Depression and What Causes it in Teens?
Depression is a mental health condition that can be a result of a traumatic or distressing experience, medically induced, caused by environmental factors, a family history of depression, hormonal changes, or a neurobiological issue. Sometimes it can be a combination of these factors in teens as well.
Depression is a serious condition that can improve with therapy and, in some cases, psychiatric medication.
Signs and Symptoms of Depression in Teens
When struggling with teen depression, you might experience depressive symptoms such as:
- Low self-esteem
- Persistent sadness
- Feelings of hopelessness
- Difficulty engaging in activities that they once enjoyed
- Not wanting to attend school
- Sleeping too much, or not enough
- Eating more or eating less
- Weight changes, such as losing or gaining weight
- Feeling irritable, angry, and frustrated
- Decline in grades
- Withdrawing from social events with friends
- Brain Fog
Types of Depression Teens Struggle With
Identifying the type of clinical depression you are experiencing can make managing the symptoms easier and your long-term relief more successful. Here are some of the common types of depression in teens:
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Also known as clinical depression, major depression, or MDD, is characterized by feelings of persistent sadness and feelings of hopelessness for an extended period.
With MDD, you might experience weight changes, appetite changes, and a disrupted sleep schedule, and you may have suicidal ideation or thoughts of dying. This tends to be the most common depression type.
Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD)
With PDD, you experience similar symptoms to MDD, such as feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness for a period of time, with the exception that these symptoms will persist for more than two years.
Symptoms of PDD also include appetite and weight changes, sleep disruptions, or thoughts of suicide, and treatment for this disorder is recommended.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
You experience depressive symptoms based on triggers such as transitions from day to night, seasonal changes, and weather changes. This most commonly occurs during winter or colder months.
How to Treat Depression in Teens
At Clear Behavioral Health, we tailor your teen depression treatment to best support your needs. With our comprehensive approach, we offer various coping techniques and tangible skills that can be implemented immediately and used for long-term healing
If you find our teen outpatient programs are not the right options, we can support you with alternative treatments as well. Our partner, Neuro Wellness Spa, provides individual therapy, psychiatry, and medication management, both in person and virtually.
Although depression may make you feel hopeless and overwhelmed, Clear Behavioral Health can help increase your quality of life and decrease your teen depression symptoms.
Get support for your depression today
Our teen depression treatment is personalized to you and in-network with most insurance providers.
Our other services
We provide the full spectrum of mental health services and addiction treatment for teens and adults, including the treatment of PTSD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, drug and alcohol addiction, and more. Learn more about our services:
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Frequently asked questions
Read through our FAQ for any questions you may have or give us a call today. We are here to answer your questions and support you or your loved one through their healing journey.
What causes depression in teens?
There are various causes of depression in teenagers. Fighting with family, biological and hormonal changes, school stress, social pressure, social media influence, and navigating changes in high school can all be contributing factors to depression in teens.
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How can you tell if your child has depression?
If your teen is battling depression, they may show varying symptoms like irritability, appetite changes, sleeping pattern changes, withdrawal from social situations, decline in academics, and generally acting out of character.
Monitoring your teens’ behavior and acting quickly can help them regulate their emotions, get immediate support, and get back to feeling like themselves.
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How to help a teen with depression?
When you notice your teen exhibiting symptoms of depression, having a space for open conversation can make them more comfortable with admitting they need support.
Knowing when to give them the appropriate space to process what they are feeling, making sure they eat, and getting them adequate treatment will benefit your teen long-term.
Contact our admissions team today to find out how teen IOP can help with depression and other mental health conditions.
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