title: Gender differences in adolescent depression.
abstract: Depression in adolescents is more common in girls; this gender disparity becomes more apparent during the teen years when girls have close to twice the rate of depression compared with boys. Vulnerability-stress models help explain these differences, and a tendency toward rumination may play a role both in the development and continuation of depressive symptoms. Psychiatric nursing interventions must focus on reappraisal of relationships, challenging rumination, and promoting autonomy.
authors: University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing, Birmingham, AL 35294-7270, USA. tmcg@uab.edu
authors: Teena M
authors: TM
authors: McGuinness
authors: Janyce G
authors: JG
authors: Dyer
authors: Ellin H
authors: EH
authors: Wade
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology