girls( ). However, when it is developed in males, it is usually more severe. Many people believe that anorexia is when you dont eat. The truth of the matter is that anorexia is when you always have what you eat, and are eating on your mind. In adolescents, and most adults, anorexia causes depression. Since depression is caused a lot by low energy, and food gives you energy, this can make people depressed. Anorexia can be developed before, or as an effect of depression. This is the most common disorder that is linked to depression in teens ( ). Bulimia is another disorder occurring in teens. Bulimia is when you make yourself regurgitate food after eating. The reason people do this is to lose weight. Usually adolescents dont know what it does to your body. When you regurgitate, acid comes up along with food. The acid burns holes in your throat, because your throat isnt made to uphold the bacteria in the acid. Also, bulimia causes cavities in the teeth, dehydration, constipation, and usually, a mood disorder to go along with it. Between the ages of 14 and 25 is when adolescents are able to build the most muscle. If an adolescent is not getting protein and other nutrients in food, he or she will not be able to. Bulimia is not just genetically formed. It is usually caused by people or a person pressuring you to become thin. During this, depression is formed. Not only the pressure, but not getting energy, and vitamins and nutrients that the body needs. Anxiety is another disorder that is greatly linked to adolescent depression. There are many complications in anxiety. One of them is obsessive-compulsive disorder. This is when compulsive behaviors are always on the mind. Another complication of anxiety is social phobia. This is when a person is scared to socialize. If an adolescent is scared to socialize with others, there wont be any fun in that adolescents life, which is another factor of depression. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a disord...
