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Many young people experience high levels of stress.
In recent years, research and clinical experience have recognized this. One manifestation of teen stress is depression, now considered a widespread and incapacitating problem among American adolescents. This fact sheet reviews some ideas and suggestions on communicating with and supporting distressed young people. As used here, stress refers to the body's physiological reaction to any demand. Distress refers to the reactions when the demand is perceived as a problem or threat.