Certain characteristics typify teens who suffer recurrences of depression as young adults, raising researchers’ hopes for devising improved depression treatments, a new study finds.
But, the current outlook for depressed teens isn’t bright. The results indicate that by their early 20’s, about half of these young people have again experienced depression’s trademark blend of melancholy, despair, and apathy.
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