{"id":1053455,"date":"2012-07-29T15:44:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T15:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/unipolar-depression-in-adolescence-is-common-worldwide-but-often-unrecognized.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:51:30","slug":"unipolar-depression-in-adolescence-is-common-worldwide-but-often-unrecognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/unipolar-depression-in-adolescence-is-common-worldwide-but-often-unrecognized.php","title":{"rendered":"Unipolar depression in adolescence is common worldwide but often unrecognized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/2608\/483\/1600\/cloudy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/86dfb_cloudy.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a>Unipolar depressive disorder in adolescence is common worldwide but often unrecognised. The incidence, notably in girls, rises sharply after puberty and, by the end of adolescence, the 1 year prevalence rate exceeds 4%. <\/p><p>The burden of depression is highest in low-income and middle-income countries. Depression is associated with morbidity, and heightens suicide risk. <\/p><p>The strongest risk factors for depression in adolescents are:<\/p><p>- family history of depression<br>- exposure to psychosocial stress<\/p><p>Factors that interact to increase risk through hormonal and perturbed neural pathways include:<\/p><p>- inherited risks<br>- developmental factors<br>- sex hormones<br>- psychosocial adversity<\/p><p>References:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(11)60871-4\/abstract?rss=yes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Depression in adolescence<\/a>. Prof Anita Thapar et al. The Lancet,  Volume 379, Issue 9820, Pages 1056 - 1067, 17 March 2012.<\/p><p>Image source: OpenClipArt.org<\/p><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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The incidence, notably in girls, rises sharply after puberty and, by the end of adolescence, the 1 year prevalence rate exceeds 4%. 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