Depression in Teenagers often returns.

About half of adolescents who recovered from major depression became depressed again within five years, regardless of what treatment or therapy they received to get over their initial depression,a new study shows.
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Researchers had previously found that those receiving the Prozac-and-Cognitive therapy combination recovered faster from the first depression. So they expected those youths to be less prone to another depression.
But detailed study showed different results. After 36 weeks, improvement for everyone was similar, and by two years, 47percent suffered another major depression, no matter what treatment had helped them recover.
It all shows that there is strong need for some kind of aftercare to prevent recurrence.