🔸About 20 percent of teens will experience teen depression before they reach adulthood.

🔸As many as 8.3 percent of teens suffer depression for at least a year at a time, compared

🔸A small percent of teens also suffer from seasonal depression, usually during the winter months in higher latitudes.

🔸30 percent of teens with depression also develop a substance abuse problem.

🔸between 20 to 50 percent of teens who suffer from depression have a family member with depression or other mental disorders

Statistics

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