Study author Dr. Jeffrey Johnson said he was not sure if adolescent depression was an early phase of adult depressive disorder, or if it contributed to its development.
Dr. Johnson and his colleagues studied the 750 people ages 14 to 16 years old, and retested them as adults. Their risk for adult depression was four times higher if they had experienced minor depression as teenagers.
Labels: depression, mental_health
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