More than 1 million children ages 6 to 12 have had a depressive episode and between 20 and 30 percent of adolescents have a major
depressive episode before reaching adulthood.
Not exact matches
Therefore, positive responses could include antenatal depression, depression diagnosed since the birth but
before the survey, or indeed describe the current
depressive episode.
A major
depressive episode is defined as the presence of five or more of nine symptoms for at least 2 weeks in the month
before interview, with at least one of the two core symptoms present (ie, a person with a major
depressive episode must consistently have either depressed mood or loss of interest / pleasure in daily activities).
The aim of the intervention is to enable participants to decenter or take distance from their negative thinking and therefore interrupt the cycle of negative, repetitive thoughts
before they escalate into full - blown
depressive episode again.