In 2024, around *** percent of males and **** percent of females in the United States aged 12 to 17 years reported that they had a major depressive episode in the past year. This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. youths with a major depressive episode in the past year from 2004 to 2024, by gender.

This data is from the The Early Prediction of Adolescent Depression study. This is a longitudinal prospective cohort study that began in 2007 of recurrently depressed parents and their offspring. The dataset shows the fourth wave of data collection for both parent and young person, collected from 2018 to 2020. The first three waves cannot be included due to ethical restrictions. The dataset includes symptom scores and clinical diagnoses for the young person (either self-reported, parent-reported or combined) measured using a semi-structured interview and questionnaire measures.Continuous variables are: parent and self-reported Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) scores and self-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Impact score.Binary variables: self-reported Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score above harmful drinking threshold, combined report of anxiety disorder, combined report of broadly defined depressive disorder, combined report of mood or anxiety disorder, self-reported NEET status (not in education, employment or training), self-reported completed a university degree, self-reported low social support (only has one person or no one to rely on), self-reported recent self-harm or suicide attempt and the combined report of the SDQ impact score is abnormal or borderline.

In the United Kingdom (UK), the share of young people who have had experiences of feeling down or depressed has in general increased from 2009 to 2021. In 2021, ** percent of the respondents reported feeling down or depressed, a significant increase from ** percent in 2010.

From July 2021 to December 2023, over ********* of the teenagers aged 12 to 17 surveyed in the United States who had a screen time of four hours or more on a daily basis experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression. In contrast, only **** and *** percent of the teenagers who reported to have daily screen time of less than **** hours experienced symptoms of anxiety and depression, respectively.

This data set belongs to:Janssen, L.H.C., Valkenburg, P.M., Keijsers, L., & Beyens, I. (2025). A harsher reality for adolescents with depression on social media. Scientific Reports.More information about the study is available on the Open Science Framework (OSF), including information about the design and procedure (https://osf.io/k47ta), the preregistration of the research aims and analysis plan (https://osf.io/nmj5b), and all syntax files (https://osf.io/kvy9j/).For more information, please contact the authors at l.h.c.janssen@uu.nl or info@project-awesome.nl.

This raw data is a result of the questionnaire completed by 230 participants (pregnant adolescents) in the study of "predictive statistical model for the factor associated with prenatal depression among pregnant adolescents in Maha sarakham province, Thailand". All terms, initials, and numbers presented in the raw data are explained in "Raw data dictionary" file.The published article can be found on http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21007.1

This spotlight uses 2008 to 2010 National Surveys on Drug Use and Healthto examine the percentage of girls aged 12 to 17 who experienced a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year and received treatment. for depression in the past year.

This spotlight uses 2005 to 2015 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to examine the association between diabetes and depression among adolescents aged 12 to 17.

This spotlight uses 2013 to 2014 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to examine the association between asthma and depression among adolescents aged 12 to 17 by age group.

This report presents findings from the third (wave 3) in a series of follow up reports to the 2017 Mental Health of Children and Young People (MHCYP) survey, conducted in 2022. The sample includes 2,866 of the children and young people who took part in the MHCYP 2017 survey. The mental health of children and young people aged 7 to 24 years living in England in 2022 is examined, as well as their household circumstances, and their experiences of education, employment and services and of life in their families and communities. Comparisons are made with 2017, 2020 (wave 1) and 2021 (wave 2), where possible, to monitor changes over time.

Adolescents often lack adequate knowledge about mental health and available professional support, which hinders timely help-seeking. As many adolescents seek information online, providing reliable web-based resources may enhance their mental health literacy. This randomized experimental study (preregistered at ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05300217) examined the effectiveness and reception of innovative online information designed to improve adolescents’ knowledge of depression and mental health. A total of 77 adolescents aged 12–18 years were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) web-based information on depression or (2) web-based information on strategies to promote mental health. Both interventions were derived from the evidence-based website “ich bin alles” (English translation: “I am everything”). Primary outcomes were knowledge of depression and knowledge of strategies to promote mental health, assessed immediately after the intervention and at 2- and 4-week follow-ups. Secondary outcomes included perceived visual aesthetics, ease of use, utility, and enjoyment. Adolescents showed significant increases in knowledge of depression [F (3, 76.67) = 13.29, p 

The prevalence of depression among adolescents is notably high; however, there has been limited research investigating gender differences in depressive symptoms and somatic and emotional comorbidities in early adolescence. We used convenience sampling and obtained a sample of 1602 students in early adolescence with a mean age of 21.88 and standard deviation of 1.16 in China. Depression, somatic comorbidities (i.e., qi stagnation, qi deficiency, and pain), and emotional comorbidities (i.e., anxiety and hostility) were measured. We found that somatic and emotional comorbidities were moderately to strongly associated with depression in early adolescents, and the detection rates for subthreshold depression (SD) and major depression (MD) were 7.37% and 7.74%, respectively, with a significantly higher prevalence observed in females than in males. In the SD group, males had more concentration problems in depression than females, and females had higher levels of somatic and emotional comorbidities than males. In the SD group, males had more concentration problems and fatigue issues in depression, and females had more suicidal ideation and higher levels of anxiety and somatic pain than males. Therefore, a gender-informed approach to early interventions for depression in adolescents is recommended.

This spotlight uses 2013 to 2015 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to examine the association between weight and depression among adolescents aged 12 to 17 by gender.

This statistic shows the percentage of adolescents and millennials with a diagnosis of depression in the U.S. in 2016, by state. In that year, around *** percent of adolescents and *** percent of millennials living in Utah had been diagnosed with depression. Overall, around *** percent of individuals in the U.S. had been diagnosed with depression.

The purpose of this report is to examine the prevalence of MDE among adolescents with varying levels of self-rated overall health and with and without three respiratory health conditions (asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia), body mass index category (including overweight and obesity), and diabetes using data from a nationally representative household sample, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). These health conditions were examined because, based on prior research, they have been shown to be associated with depression. This study also takes the next step of furthering knowledge about whether the associations between depression and physical health conditions differ among particular populations by exploring whether these associations differ by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and poverty status.

This story map contains details about the prevalence of asthma in youth in King County. It has been developed for the Determinant of Equity - Health and Human Services. It includes information about Depression in Youth equity indicator. This presentation includes charts, maps, and a narrative describing this indicator.

The data for the Depression Prevalence (Youth) dataset was compiled by the Healthy Youth Survey (HYS). Healthy Youth Survey (HYS)

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This spotlight uses 2005 to 2015 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to examine the association between depression and bronchitis and pneumonia among adolescents aged 12 to 17.

Participants were 652 adolescents (age range: 11-20 years old, Mage =14.55 years, SD = 1.82; 338 boys (51.80%)) from two junior and two senior high schools in Wuhan, China. They completed questionnaires measuring family socioeconomic status (measured by the Family Affluence Scale), perceived social support (measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support) , optimism (assessed by the Chinese version of the Life Orientation Test-Revised), and depression (measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale). Our research plan, questionnaires and the appropriate consent letters to students and their parents were submitted to the university’s Ethical Committee for Scientific Research, then examined by specialists and finally approved by the Ethical Committee. After obtaining the approval, we visited the selected school principals, handed out copies of questionnaires and consent letters, and asked for their cooperation. Then classroom teachers sent electronic consent letters to parents about the purpose of the research, the importance of the adolescents’ involvement and the voluntary nature of participation by the online Family-School Communication System and asked for parents’ support and permission. Students took home the printed consent letters that had to be signed by the students’ guardians. Classroom teachers also distributed printed consent forms to students and asked for their participation. Students with parental consent who also assented to participate were allowed to take part in the survey. A packet of self-report questionnaires was administered to students in groups of 40-50 at a time in those selected classes. Trained graduate students of psychology explained the requirements of the questionnaires using standard instructions that also stressed the anonymity of students’ identities in the survey. The average time students spent to complete the survey was approximately 15 minutes.

These are the detailed tables pertaining to adult mental health from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). These detailed tables present totals and prevalence estimates for youths include major depressive episode (MDE), treatment for depression (among youths with MDE), mental health service utilization, and measures related to the co-occurrence of mental disorders with substance use or with substance use disorders. Results are provided for age group, gender, race/ethnicity, education level, government assistance status, poverty level, geographic area, insurance status. Comparisons are made between 2010 and 2002 to 2009.

Abstract Objective To identify the main indicators of depression in a sample of adolescents living under social vulnerability conditions and associate it with sociodemographic and behavioral variables. Method: The sample was composed 135 adolescents in social vulnerability in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Indicators of depression were investigated by the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). The Mann-Whitney test was used for comparison between genders, whereas factor analysis with varimax normalized orthogonal rotation was used to identify grouping factors between depressive symptoms. In addition, Poisson regression was used to identify the prevalence ratios, with the top third of CDI score as the outcome variable. Results: The indicators “weight loss or gain,” “low self-esteem”, and “fatigue” had greater explanatory power among the CDI scores. Males reached a higher average score (24.9 points) compared with females (23.6 points). The CDI scores were high regardless of sociodemographic and behavioral issues such as ethnicity and time in front of the television, computer, or video game. Conclusion: A high prevalence of depressive symptoms was observed in adolescents in situations of social vulnerability, and males are 2.24 times more likely to achieve high scores on the CDI compared with females.