Research shows that girls are known to be more prone to initial depression than boys.
Causes:
It has to do with something in girls around the particular age that this is going on.
More stressful life events
It is important as well that the way and attitude , girls cope with stress.
It may be related to hormonal changes.
Girls tend to be brood more, so the slightest stress is multiplied many times.
Why are boys less prone to recurrence of depression? It may happen that boys get more in trouble and feel sad, but when trouble goes away they feel better. It is the whole attitude .
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. Comment it!
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.
