ILIGAN CAPITOL COLLEGE

Mahayahay,Iligan City

“CAUSES OF DEPRESSION AMONG ILIGAN CAPITOL COLLEGE SENIOR HIGH

STUDENTS

AGES 16-19 YEARS OLD”

A RESEARCH PAPER IN DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

TOCALO,JANISAH B.

TANGGOTE,NORANISAH P.

OCTOBER 2017
 CHAPTER ONE

I.INTRODUCTION

Depression is one of the increasing health problem among the adolescent.It is state
of feeling sad and a serious and a serious mental problem in which a person feels very
sad,hopeless,unimportant and unable to live in a normal ways.(Merriam Webster)It is
also the feeling of being frustrated over you face everytime.Some says that it’s only
means “sadness”but some people also says that it’s more than just sadness.Every
student cannot help to feel depressed whenever there’s a lot of paper works at school.

Some factors that causes depression are, firstly the abuse it can cause depression
to the people who have been abuse in their past life.Secondly, the conflict, it causes
depression to a person who has conflict with their family or friends.Laslty, the death or
loss,it can also cause depression to the person can’t accept the fact that their loved one
already passed away,so they became frustrated and it can cause them to be
problematic person.(Google.com)Many students felt depressed whenever they have
little time to do their works,because they don’t know how to start they can’t recognized
their works well.Also they feel depreesion when there are lot of problems on their family
or friends.and also they can’t share their problem in their family because they don’t
want to feel burden to them.

The researchers think that it’s better to prevent being depressed every day,
because depression can kill.Because of too much depression, you can’t think straight
that you just do what you think/imagine.
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

So, here are the statement of the problem that the researchers think very close to
causes of depression.

1.What are the causes of depression

a.family b.friends c.lovelife

2.Why do we feel depressed?

3.What are some symptoms of depression?

4.Is there any treatment to the person who suffers depression?

5.How do you overcome depression?

1.2 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The goal of this topic is to inform the senior high students that being depressed is
not easy to take care of. Depression is a mental health problem we feel every time. The
researchers think that depression may cause some problems in our health.

1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The purpose why the researchers choose this topic is because they are also
part of the students who felt depressed every time there’s a lot of problems in their
school and family.
1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATION

The focus of this report/study is to know what was the cause why the senior high
students in Iligan Capitol college feel depressed in ages 16-19 years old