SEATTLE--Primary-care clinicians know teen depression is common, but they've lacked a reliable screening test for it. Now researchers at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle Children's, and ...

Screening adolescents for signs of depression does not reduce their emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or treatment for suicidal behaviors, according to research published on July 8 in ...

Adolescents with depression have higher levels of certain molecules in their blood than those without the condition. The finding could help identify teenagers who are more susceptible to depression, ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended Tuesday that children and teens be screened for anxiety and depression — the first time the advisory panel has issued such a recommendation. The ...

Depression is a major source of impairment and suffering in adolescence and is considered to be an important remediable risk factor for suicide, the second leading cause of death among adolescents in ...

With depression becoming a more apparent, affliction that is affecting our current adolescent population, we expect that our modern society, which has advanced in the field of mental health, to have ...

New research has found that depression and the risk of depression are linked to different inflammatory proteins in boys and girls. New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & ...