How School Connection Protects Teens from Depression and the ABCs of Elder Care Planning-Belonging vs. Bullying: How School Connection Protects Teens from Depression

School connectedness could be the key to protecting bullied teens from depression, according to groundbreaking research that followed over 2,000 children from age 9 to 15. Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MBA, MSc, pediatrician and researcher at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, explains how feeling engaged, included, and safe at school acts as a protective buffer against depression for bullied adolescents—though surprisingly, it doesn't help with anxiety.