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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms Among Young Adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · 2004 · Vol. 158(8) · pp. 760–760

Gitanjali Saluja✉(Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)Ronaldo IachanPeter C. ScheidtMary D. OverpeckWenyu SunJay N. Giedd

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Abstract

Depression is a substantial and largely unrecognized problem among young adolescents that warrants an increased need and opportunity for identification and intervention at the middle school level. Understanding differences in prevalence between males and females and among racial/ethnic groups may be important to the recognition and treatment of depression among youths.

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentDepressive symptomsDepression (economics)MedicineInjury preventionPoison controlYoung adultSuicide preventionDemographyIntervention (counseling)Clinical psychology

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AdolescentAdolescent BehaviorChildCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionEthnicityFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMalePsychophysiologic DisordersRisk FactorsUnited StatesViolenceComorbidity

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Childhood and Adolescent Depression: A Review of the Past 10 Years. Part I