The
NSDUH Report: Major Depressive Episode among Youths Aged 12
to 17
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Highlights:
- Major
depressive episodes in lifetime or past year were assessed in SAMHSA's
National Survey on Drug Use and Health among youth aged 12 to 17. A
major depressive episode was defined using the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria
which specifies a period of two weeks or longer during which there is
either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure and at least four
other symptoms that reflect a change in functioning (such as problems
with sleeping, eating, energy, concentration, and self image). Youth
were also asked to rate the level of impairment caused by their depressive
episode in each of their major role domains (home, school/work, family
relationships, and social life).
- Combined
data from SAMHSA's 2004 to 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health
were used to produce annual averages of the rate of past year major
depressive episodes, depression related levels of impairment, average
number of days of inability to carry out normal activities due to depression,
and history of previous depressive episodes.
- Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 8.5% of youth (about
2.1 million youth) had experienced at least one major depressive episode
during the past year. Rates of depression varied by gender and age.
- Female
youth were more than twice as likely as males to have experienced a
major depressive episode in the past year (12.7% vs. 4.6%).
- Over
91% of the youth who experienced at least one major depressive episode
in the past year reported more than one period in their lifetime during
which for 2 weeks or longer they felt sadness, discouragement, or boredom
and also had other problems.
- Nearly
half (48.3%) of the youth with a major depressive episode in the past
year reported severe impairment in at least one of four major role domains
(home, school/work, family relationships, or social life) and 21% reported
very severe impairment in at least one of the domains.
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Youth with a major depressive episode who reported a very severe impairment
were unable to carry out normal activities on about 5 times more days
in the past year than those reporting no more than mild impairment (58.4
days vs. 11.7 days).
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report: Major
Depressive Episode among Youths Aged 12 to 17, is based on SAMHSA's
National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted
by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary
source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of
drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures
in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12
and older. SAMHSA's National Survey
on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected
mental health measures by State.
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