Dr. Schlozman answers the question: 'Conditions Causing Pediatric Depression?' — -- Question: Are there any medical conditions that can cause depression in children/adolescents? Answer: There are ...

Adolescent depression is a significant mental health issue that affects a considerable number of teenagers worldwide. Despite its prevalence, depression in teens is often misunderstood or overlooked, ...

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 & ...

A new review drafted by three Canadian psychiatrists aims to help primary care physicians diagnose and manage depression in adolescents. Depression is common among Canadian adolescents and often goes ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A review of assessing and treating depression in adolescents described the best approaches to diagnosis and ...

Depression is a mental health condition that affects 280 million people worldwide. It is twice as common in women than men and this pattern starts to develop during adolescence. Researchers have ...

Background: Given the widespread reports involving the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in children, the present paper reviews and discusses published double-blind, ...

In a study using a mouse model and human subjects, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins Medicine show that stress from adolescent social isolation in mice elicits ...