The Influence of Genetic Factors and Life Stress on Depression Among Adolescent Girls
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- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 56 (3), 225-232
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.56.3.225
Abstract
ONE OF the more strikingly consistent findings in the epidemiology of depression is the greater prevalence of both depressive symptoms and diagnosable major depression in females compared with males.1-6 Whereas the rates of depression are reported to be approximately the same in boys and girls before adolescence7-9 or even slightly elevated in prepubescent boys,10-12 by midadolescence the predominance of depression among women is well established,13-17—a trend that continues through young adulthood into middle age.18,19Keywords
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