Depression in adolescence: clinical features

Authors

  • Saint-Clair Bahls
  • Flávia Rocha Campos Bahls

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v6i1.3193

Keywords:

depression, adolescence, clinical features

Abstract

Nowadays, depression in adolescents is understood to be a common, disabling and recurrent disease, with a high level of morbidity and mortality. Thus, it is an important public health problem. Nevertheless, the scientific concern with depression in adolescence is recent. The present diagnostic systems define that the basic features are the same in adolescents and adults in a major depression episode; however, researchers emphasize the importance of the developmental process in the clinical manifestations, with predominant features in each phase. This paper reviews the clinical features in depressed adolescents contributing to a better understanding of this common, severe and not very well recognized pathology.

Keywords: depression; adolescence; clinical features.

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Bahls, S.-C., & Bahls, F. R. C. (2002). Depression in adolescence: clinical features. Interação Em Psicologia, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v6i1.3193

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2002)

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