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Mental health
Depressive disorders in children: recent prevalence and future directions
  1. Kayla M. Nelson,
  2. Sylia Wilson
  1. Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sylia Wilson, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; syliaw{at}umn.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103932

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    Commentary on: Spoelma MJ, Sicouri GL, Francis DA, Songco AD, Daniel EK, Hudson JL. Estimated prevalence of depressive disorders in children from 2004 to 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics. 2023;177(10):1017–1027.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Clinical practice with young children benefits from knowledge about the prevalence of depressive disorders in childhood and that the well-established sex differences seen for depression in adulthood may not appear until adolescence.

    • Further research is needed to address possible changes in the prevalence of childhood depressive disorders around the world and following the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether these changes are differentially distributed across individuals and communities.

    Context

    Depression in childhood is a long-documented public health concern.1 A large body of research has considered prevalence rates of depression in children around the world, given its relevance for lifespan mental health and well-being. Meta-analytic research that synthesises across these multiple global studies of depressive disorders in childhood allows for the estimation of …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.