Background and purpose Most research regarding child and adolescent mental health
prevention and promotion in low-and middle-income countries is undertaken in high-income …

Background Adolescence is a period of increased risk for the development of depression.
Epidemiological and clinical studies suggest that the phenomenology of depression may …

Objective To present the 12-month prevalence of DSM-IV major depressive disorder (MDD)
and severe MDD; to examine sociodemographic correlates and comorbidity; and to describe …

Objective The association between depression and educational attainment in young people
is unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the longitudinal association …

BACKGROUND: Depressions that fail to meet the diagnostic criteria for major depressive
disorder (MDD) may be underdiagnosed and undertreated in adolescent population …

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have highlighted the unfavourable natural course of
chronic/long-term depression. We investigated the adult mental health outcome of …

Purpose To present the Uppsala Longitudinal Adolescent Depression Study, initiated in
Uppsala, Sweden, in the early 1990s. The initial aim of this epidemiological investigation …

Depression is the principal cause of illness and disability in the world. Studies charting the
prevalence of depression among children and adolescents report high percentages of …

Objective: To review the recent literature on the prevention of clinical diagnoses of
depression in children and adolescents. Method: Several preventive intervention programs …

PURPOSE: Little attention has been paid to the sociodemographic profiles of depressed
youth during the vulnerable transition from adolescence to early adulthood. This study …