title: Depression in inner city adolescents attending an adolescent medicine clinic.
abstract: Interviews of 70 healthy inner city adolescents attending an adolescent medicine clinic, using the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA), revealed that 13% met criteria for current major depressive disorder. Lifetime diagnoses of major depression were found in 30% of the subjects, with many describing recurrent episodes and chronic residual symptoms. Depression in inner city adolescents represents a serious problem that may be best first detected in a medical setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2727.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Schleifer
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014505:Urban Population