More than a third of teenage girls experience depression, new study says

June 13th, 2017 - By Melisa in Psychotherapy, Teens

A large new study out this week contains some alarming data about the state of children’s mental health in the United States, finding that depression in many children appears to start as early as age 11. By the time they hit age 17, the analysis found, 13.6 percent of boys and a staggering 36.1 percent of girls have been or are depressed.

Read full article: The Washington Post, “More than a third of teenage girls experience depression, new study says.”