Those events include prom and graduation ceremonies and eighth-grade trips that are rights of passage for many before high school.
Some students might feel sad, while parents are at a loss for how to help them cope.
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Dr. Danesh Alam joined ABC 7 Chicago to talk about it remotely Wednesday morning.
He's a psychiatrist with Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital.
The depression rates are significant, he said. Parents should help children understand and make sense of current challenges.