Bomba Jacek, Modrzejewska Renata
Klinika Psychiatrii Dzieci i Młodziezy CM UJ, Kraków.
Psychiatr Pol. 2006 Jul-Aug;40(4):695-706.
To assess changes in occurrence of depressive disorders during late adolescence a prospective epidemiological study was carried out.
Representative sample of 17 y.o. school adolescents (N=2094) was screened for depression with the Krakow Depression Inventory (KID) in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Point prevalence of depression was found respectively: 27.27% for 17 y.o., 27.43% for 18 y.o., and 26.69% for 19 y.o. and was relatively stable in the sample studied.
It was found that depression is more often in late-adolescent girls than in boys of the same age. The dynamics of depression across the years suggests a differentiated nature of the disturbance.
