ABSTRACT
The prevalence of depression in community settings has been estimated to be between 0.4% and 2.5% in children and 0.4% and 8.3% in adolescents [1]. However, in a more recent community study of children without depression who were initially assessed between the ages of 9 and 13 years, more than 7% of boys and almost 12% of girls developed a depressive disorder by the age of 16 [2].
