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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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Youth depression: Nine percent of 12-to-17-year-olds experienced a major depressive episode in the last year. That’s 2.2 million, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). And they were more than twice as likely to have used illegal drugs as their peers who were not depressed. The report, Depression Among Adolescents, was released December 29, 2006. It also found that older teens are more likely to experience a major depressive episode--12.3% of 16- and 17-year-olds, compared with 9% of 14- and 15-year-olds, and just 5.4% 12- and 13-year-olds.
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