Depression in young people often goes undetected
<p style="text-align:justify;"> Major (unipolar) depression is one of the most common mental health disorders in children and adolescents, with an estimated one year prevalence of 4-5% in mid-late adolescence. Depression is probably the single most important risk factor for teenage...
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| description | <p style="text-align:justify;"> Major (unipolar) depression is one of the most common mental health disorders in children and adolescents, with an estimated one year prevalence of 4-5% in mid-late adolescence. Depression is probably the single most important risk factor for teenage suicide, the second to third leading cause of death in this age group and a forerunner of adult depressive disorder. Half of those with lifelong recurrent depression started to develop their symptoms before the age of 15 years. </p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:015365bd-bfce-40ab-ad44-9b72ab494d992022-03-26T08:34:22ZDepression in young people often goes undetectedJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:015365bd-bfce-40ab-ad44-9b72ab494d99Symplectic Elements at OxfordPractitioner2015Fazel, MStein, K <p style="text-align:justify;"> Major (unipolar) depression is one of the most common mental health disorders in children and adolescents, with an estimated one year prevalence of 4-5% in mid-late adolescence. Depression is probably the single most important risk factor for teenage suicide, the second to third leading cause of death in this age group and a forerunner of adult depressive disorder. Half of those with lifelong recurrent depression started to develop their symptoms before the age of 15 years. </p> |
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