Depression Goes Unnoticed

Running head: ARTICLE CRITIQUE 1
Critical Analysis of an Article
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ARTICLE CRITIQUE 2
Critical Analysis of an Article
The following sections of the paper will critically analyze the article “Why Kids’
Depression Goes Unnoticed” by Alison Escalante published in the magazine Psychology
Today in March. 2020. The article highlights its sub-theme of the critical signs of depression
in the children that are often missed by the parents. The primary audience of the article is the
parent group and aims to enunciate the factors that obstruct this audience from observing
signs of depression in their children.
The article is concerned with the role of parents in identifying the subtle signs of
depression in their children and act accordingly, and the author marks it’s as a matter of
urgency. One of the critical highlights and observations reported by the reader is that majority
of the parents often wait longer than usual to take their children to help post observing
depressive symptoms. The author argues that parent-child communication gets more
complicated under circumstances of depression in the child and the infrequent checking of
the child or stating that the feelings are temporary are the primary factors why depression
goes unnoticed. Although parents may not act as causal mechanisms for depression in their
children, communication gaps can lead to a severe worsening of the mental health condition
of the child, and this gets to be one of the key advices that the audience gets from the article.
However, this particular perspective of the author can be contradicted by the scenario, where
the children may try to hide their emotions and pretend everything to be normal, which makes
it extremely difficult the task of recognition by the parents (Escalante, 2020).
Another critical argument and perspective that incites the readers are that children
conceal their worries, as they do not want it to be a burden on their parents. The author
remarks and acknowledges this issue with the solution of cultivating conversation, which will
help the parents to build a relationship with the child and let them feel comfortable in sharing
all their worries. It is evident that making children aware of the resources and help available