
Breaking Silence on the Childhood Depression Epidemic
A new study published in the Translational Psychiatry journal suggests that mental illness may affect children in earlier stages of development than previously thought. Ariana Enjung Cha (The Washington Post) reports that after interviewing over 100,000 subjects, researchers found that “depression in many children appears to start as early as age 11.” Parents, many of whom already face concern over the risk of adolescent suicide, now have reason to also monitor risk factors i