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As a social worker, one of my favorite sites is Psychiatry Matters. I get updates from them on all kinds of psychiatry and counseling-related issues. I got an update the other day that is good news for parents who have teenagers with depression.

According to a study from England, a majority of adolescents with major depressive disorder have a favorable outcome. They tested 523 adolescents by interviewing them twice, fifteen months apart. 90 of the adolescents, with the average age of 14, were diagnosed with major depressive disorder in the first interview. Just 24% of those 90 still had a diagnosis of depression 15 months later. For a very few, depression had been replaced by other problems-including anxiety disorders or substance abuse.
Factors that were present in teens with ongoing depression included substance abuse, parents with alcohol problems, presence of negative life events, suicidal thoughts, as well as several other factors.

Basically, the good news is that only a small number of teenagers have an ongoing problem with depression. That’s always great news for parents! Do you have a teen suffering from depression? Feel free to comment here.

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Posted in Adolescence, Behavior, Health, Mental Health on April 4th, 2007

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3 Responses to “Teen Depression”

  1. Sonia Says:
    April 15th, 2007 at 6:57 pm

    I feel I have a hard time understanding my son’s video and computer love. I have a hard time with my own mood changes and frustrations after a fall, surgery and then have a hard time understanding my 12 year old for I feel he is upset.

  2. paul Says:
    May 8th, 2007 at 3:32 am

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  3. Susie V Says:
    June 13th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    I would love for you to check out my blog. I am invloved with helping teens through their problems as well as help preventing them. I speak at many schools using a very effective theatrical presentation that teens easily relate to.
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