Clinico-Demographic Patterns of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

Abstract

In both adults and pediatric population, depression is a major disability cause; suicide is the third death cause among children and adolescents. Whereas depression and depression with associated anxiety are among the most common psychiatric pathologies in children and adolescents (with strong impact on their global functionality and with a significant influence on their development process), they are far from studied thoroughly. This study aims to highlight certain demographic and clinical patterns associated to depression of anxiety in children and adolescents, which may represent premises for broader future research and for the consolidation of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention methods.

Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in Adolescents. A Psycho-spiritual Approach and Statistical Contextualization

“…Although boys and girls are equally likely to experience depressive episodes, the rates in female gender double from the age of 15 (Adams & Berzonsky, 2009). The genetic component is crucial in the case of major depression and multiple studies show that only 40% of cases are due to external stressful stimuli and unfortunate events experienced by children and adolescents, while the rest is accounted for by genetics (Ciubară, et al, 2015).…”