Age-varying associations between lifestyle risk factors and major depressive disorder: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of adolescents.
Matthew SunderlandKatrina ChampionTim SladeCath ChapmanNicola NewtonLouise ThorntonFrances Kay-LambkinNyanda McBrideSteve AllsopBelinda ParmenterMaree Teessonnull nullPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)
These findings suggest that interventions designed to prevent the development of depression should be implemented in early adolescence, ideally before or at the age of 13 and particularly among young females given that the prevalence of MDD begins to rise and diverge from young males. Interventions should also simultaneously address lifestyle risk factors and symptoms of major depression.