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Risk factors for adolescent depression include a family history of depression, a personal history of trauma, family conflict, minority sexual orientation, or having a chronic medical illness. [20] There tends to be higher prevalence rates and more severe symptoms in adolescent girls when compared to adolescent boys.
A recent national survey of 1787 young adults looked at the use of 11 different social media platforms. The survey showed that the teens that used between 7 and 11 platforms were three times at risk for depression or anxiety. Depression is one of the leading causes of suicide. Another problem with teens and social media is cyberbullying.
The ratio of suicide attempts to suicide death is about 25:1 in youths, compared to about 4:1 in elderly. [9] A 2008 review found that nonfatal self-injury is more common in women, [ 10 ] and a separate study from 2008/2009 found suicidal thoughts higher among females, as well as significant differences between genders for suicide planning and ...
Younger people are still more likely to be depressed. Americans ages 18 to 29 years old report the highest levels of depression, with those 30 to 49 years old showing the next highest levels ...
In 2020, adolescents made up a larger share of all suicides across 14 U.S. states than they did over the previous five years, according to new research.
Quizlet was founded in 2005 by Andrew Sutherland as a studying tool to aid in memorization for his French class, which he claimed to have "aced". [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Quizlet's blog, written mostly by Andrew in the earlier days of the company, claims it had reached 50,000 registered users in 252 days online. [ 9 ]
The prevalence of depressive symptoms in the elderly is around 1–2%. [35] Elderly persons in nursing homes may have increased rates, up to 15–25%. [35] African-Americans have higher rates of depressive symptoms compared to other races. [36] Prepubescent girls are affected at a slightly higher rate than prepubescent boys. [36]
Depression is common also for children and adolescents who have been cyberbullied. [23] According to Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2015, nationwide, 15.5% of students had been electronically bullied, counting being bullied through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting, during the 12 months before the ...