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From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

Teenage depression is widespread and can become a life-long illness, but is more often transitory, said UCLA Psychology Professor Constance Hammen. Adolescent depression can be as high as 20 percent or higher, said Hammen, who has studied depression for more than 30 years. Most of the depressions will be short-lived, but of those who have adolescent depression, perhaps 40 percent will have recurring depression, and many of those will likely be life-long. Read more from this post.