Prevalence of DSM-5 depressive disorders and comorbidity in Spanish early adolescents: Has there been an increase in the last 20 years?

Depression is considered by the WHO to be the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, and has increased by more than 18% between 2005 and 2015 (WHO, 2017). Empirical evidence shows that the onset of depression during adolescence is a risk factor of chronicity and can lead to functional impairment in both the short and long term. Currently, depression is recognized by some authors (Hankin, 2015) as a neurodevelopmental disorder which, although it has a modal onset of the first episodes (commonly in the middle to late adolescence), may begin much earlier.
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