This last criterion might explain why researchers found it difficult to recruit subjects for the study, said Dr. Manion. It was particularly difficult to get male patients to participate. The adolescents in the study were allocated in about equal numbers to the three subgroups. This difference in classification, noted Dr. Manion, may help explain the varying response rates to antidepressants. If a greater number of pure depression adults are entered into clinical trials of medications, and if the hypothesis holds weight, then it makes sense that their overall response rate would be higher.
Adolescent depression is a common disorder.
This next generation of adolescents will be the first that earns on average a lower income than their parents did. Usually it's the reverse. Education doesn't guarantee a job any more. The security and supports are not there and everything is being cut back. All of these things affect everyone, but more acutely those who are getting to the stage in their life where they have to make some major decisions.