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Maternal internalizing disorders linked to depression at age 15, continued depression at age 20
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30018
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychology , young adult , mental health , early adulthood , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Although depression is common in adolescence and young adulthood, little is known about risk factors and trajectories. Long‐standing depression predicts continued problems in adulthood, so researchers examined the course of depression across later adolescence, using the Youth and Mental Health study, which was designed to study risk and protective factors for the development of depression in adolescence and young adulthood. The prevalence of depression rises after puberty and peaks in early adulthood; 6% to 8% of adolescents have depressive disorders.