Developmental Depression in Adolescents: A Potential Sub-type Based on Neural Correlates and Comorbidity.
Journal of Religion and Health June 1, 2015 Lisa Miller, Yakov A Barton
Diagnosis of depression has low reliability (kappa = 0.28) due to "covert heterogeneity," making the identification of sub-types a focus of research. Very high rates of moderate or sub-threshold depression among adolescents (35-45 % beyond the 20-25 % with MDD), prompt consideration of a potential sub-type of moderate sub-threshold depression, linked to adolescent development. Previously,...