Is the prevalence of major depression increasing in the Canadian adolescent population? Assessing trends from 2000 to 2014

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 210, Issue , 2017, Pages 22-26

  Wiens, Kathryn ^a   Williams, Jeanne V A ^a   Lavorato, Dina H ^a   Duffy, Anne ^b,c   Pringsheim, Tamara M ^c   Sajobi, Tolulope T ^a,c   Patten, Scott B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Canada; Canadian Community Health Survey; Major depressive episodes; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEX; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006943929     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.11.018     Document Type: Article

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