1 Formerly Dean, (Research & Development), Head, Department of Clinical Psychology, All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Manasagangotri, Mysore: 570006, Karnataka, India.
2 All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore: 570006, Karnataka, India.
3 Manipal Hospitals, Varthur Road, Whitefield, Bangalore: 560 066, Karnataka, India.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(01), 080-088
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.1.1258
Received on 12 May 2023; revised on 30 June 2023; accepted on 01 July 2023
Teenagers who have aggressive or irrational outbursts could be hiding depression. Overt depression is evident when it manifests as melancholy, weeping fits, low self-esteem, loss of interest, and similar symptoms. Persistent actions like aggression, impatience, use of force, attack, hurt, and violence should raise the possibility of sadness masquerading as hostility. At times, adolescent depression can manifest as inner-directed behaviors like deliberate self-harm, compulsive stealing and fire-setting, chronic abdominal pain without biological cause, and anorexia-bulimia. If outer-directed, at an extreme, they can even show up as homicides, assaults, and robberies. There are also active and passive forms of aggression. This narrative review is exclusively concerned with adolescent depression that presents as aggression and is based on secondary sources of 83 published studies in indexed journals. This compilation, prepared based on PRISMA guidelines, is presented and discussed on themes, timelines, and format of the publications along with their implications for contemporary clinical practice and directions for future research.
Teenage; Violence; Self-harm; Suicide; Hostility
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S. Venkatesan, Yashodhara-Kumar G.Y and Iyer Kamalam Gopalakrishnan. The paradox of aggression in adolescent depression: A systematic review. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(1), 080-088. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.1.1258