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The suicide rate for adolescents has increased more than 200% over the last decade. Recent studies
have shown that greater than 20% of adolescents in the general population have emotional
problems and one-third of adolescents attending psychiatric clinics suffer from depression. The
majority of teenage depressions can be managed successfully by the primary care physician with
the support of the family, says Maurice Blackman MB, FRCPC.

Depression has been considered to be the major psychiatric disease of the 20th century, affecting approximately eight million
people in North America. Adults with psychiatric illness are 20 times more likely to die from accidents or suicide than adults
without psychiatric disorder.[1] Major depression, including bipolar affective disorder, often appears for the first time during the
teenage years, and early recognition of these conditions will have profound effects on later morbidity and mortality.

Is depression in adolescents a......

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