Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms Among Young Adolescents

Saluja, Gitanjali; Iachan, Ronaldo; Scheidt, Peter C.; Overpeck, Mary D.; Sun, Wenyu; Giedd, Jay N.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.158.8.760

articleArchives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineAug 1, 2004Closed access

Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms Among Young Adolescents

GSGitanjali Saluja RIRonaldo Iachan PCPeter C. Scheidt MDMary D. Overpeck WSWenyu Sun

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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Abstract

Objective

To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and risk behaviors associated with depressive symptoms in a nationally representative, cross-sectional sample of young adolescents.

Design

A school-based survey collected through self-administered questionnaires in grades 6, 8, and 10 in 1996.

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Keywords

Depressive symptoms
Depression (economics)
Medicine
Injury prevention
Poison control
Young adult
Suicide prevention
Demography

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

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