(UK) 25% teenage girls are clinically depressed

Sept 19, 2017, The UK Guardian: One in four girls have depression by the time they hit 14, study reveals https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/20/one-in-four-girls-have-depression-by-the-time-they-hit-14-study-reveals One in four girls is clinically depressed by the time they turn 14, according to research that has sparked new fears that Britain’s teenagers are suffering from an epidemic of poor mental health. A government-funded study has found that 24% of 14-year-old girls and 9% of boys the same age have depression. Their symptoms include feeling miserable, tired and lonely and hating themselves. ... Anna Feuchtwang, chief executive of the National Children’s Bureau, which also collaborated on the research, said: “We now have the strongest evidence yet that a huge number of young people are depressed. Many more are unhappy. Children are facing huge pressures.”