Important New Guidelines on Depression: Teens Need to be Screened Every Year

Several years ago, a friend confided in me that her then pre-teen had been diagnosed with depression. At the time I wondered out loud how a parent would know if their teenager was suffering from depression as opposed to normal teen angst, and she assured me that, “You just know.” But that may not be true. Research shows that only half of adolescents with depression are diagnosed before they reach adulthood. Only two in three depressed teens are diagnosed by their primary care physicians and o...