Depression Hits Teen Girls Hard

Could your teenage daughter be suffering from depression?





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    ="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">The study, which analyzed data on more than 1,300 young men and women between the ages of 12 and 19, also found that the number of girls who admitted to a depressive episode within the last year was twice as high as the number of boys. Girls in their late teens (ages 16 to 19) appeared to be more prone to serious depressive episodes.


    ="FONT-FAMILY: 'New York'">Head researcher Nancy Galambos, Ph.D., of the University of Alberta’s psychology department, believes that hormonal turmoil and the social anxieties that come with adolescence combine to put teen girls at risk. “Problems with peers, difficulties in romantic relationships and family changes might occur in relatively short order and combine with the physical and hormonal changes of puberty to create vulnerability,” Galambos notes.


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