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Is teen depression common

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Between 3-10% of adolescents are depressed. Depression is more common in adolescent females than it is in adolescent males.

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Is it normal for a 14 YO to be depressed?

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What is causing teen depression?

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Can drugie parents be one cause of teen depression?

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Why Australian teen commit suicide?

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