Weekly Press Release of Istanbul Gelisim University (Issue 25) (November 25-29, 2019)

Psychiatrist Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevcan Karakoç Demirkaya stating that it is difficult to understand the ‘masked depression’ used for people who seem happy, smiling but suffering inside, said: “Young people appear to have fun and often wander with a smile on their faces. Therefore, families cannot recognize the ‘masked depression’ of their children.” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevcan Karakoç Demirkaya said: “Masked depression is not easy to understand. These young people appear to have fun and wander with a smile on their faces. Therefore, families cannot recognize the depression in their children. Those with masked depression usually say, that ‘under the smile my heart bleeds.”