Teens with depression have to navigate the challenges of living with a mood disorder, along with the usual academic and social pressures of high school. A depression diagnosis may be unsettling, but ...

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 ...

If you’ve raised an adolescent, or remember that phase of your own life, you’ll probably agree that it’s a time of tremendous turbulence and change. The developmental milestones that begin as early as ...

What is the experience of depression like for teenagers? A recent article in Frontiers of Psychology describes research into the “phenomenology” of depression in a group of 10 teenagers, which means ...

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 ...

A 2023 World Health Organization study showed that an estimated 4.3 million U.S. adolescents aged 15-21 are affected by major depression. Depression amongst adolescents can disrupt crucial aspects of ...

Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety.

Depression affects about eight per cent of adolescents worldwide and is a known risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adulthood. While the reasons for this risk are not well ...

It notes that average levels of the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, THC, are five to 10 times higher than levels in the ...

A new large-scale study has found that teens using cannabis have a higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders.