More adolescents are now being treated for depression
October 2002
More adolescents are now being treated for depression.
Teenage depression used to be dismissed as a normal part of growing up. But now more and more experts see it as an increasing problem.
About 5% of teens have symptoms of major depression... spending on antidepressants for kids has doubled in the last 5 years.
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