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Beyond the Blues: Child and Youth Depression
200456 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Maureen Palmer
Production: Sharon BartlettMaria LeRose
Script: Maureen PalmerHelen Slinger
Produced by Knowledge Network with funding provided by the Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit of UBC through a grant by the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development, as part of the provincial Child and Youth Mental Health Plan.
Statistics reveal that depression in children and youth is on the rise. In fact, it has increased by one-third in the past 30 years. Untreated depression costs a teenager in many ways: lost eductional opportunities, lost social opportunities and lost time.
Through the personal stories of three young people, this compelling documentary traces the journey of depression, from early signs and symptoms, to assessment, diagnosis and treatment. The documentary also helps shatter some stereotypes.
This powerful 3-part series on child and youth mental health sheds light on the current situation and offers practical tools to understanding the problems and knowing where to find solutions. Depressed kids don't just have a bad attitude--they have an illness. And the illness is treatable.
The two other titles in the series are Fighting their Fears: Child and Youth Anxiety and A Map of the Mind Fields: Managing Adolescent Psychosis.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > AdolescentsChildrenMental Illness and Disabilities
- Children and Youth > Health and Safety
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent Development
- Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/Suicide
Credits
- producer
- Sharon Bartlett
- Maria LeRose
- director
- Maureen Palmer
- writer
- Maureen Palmer
- Helen Slinger
- narrator
- Maria LeRose
- researcher
- Shannon Lowry
- camera
- Chester Ptasinski
- John Dowell
- Max Lindenthaler
- George Colmer
- sound
- Stewart Lake
- Lez Morrison
- editor
- Tony Hrkac
- online editor
- Brice Dowd
- original music
- Lesley Sutherland
- Fresh Air Studios
- graphics
- Tim Johnson
- audio post
- Marc Benoit
- unit manager
- Laura Grieco
- program manager
- Michele Paris
- director of programming
- Sarah MacDonald