What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether children and adolescents diagnosed with depression had an increased risk of subsequent physical health problems and premature death in this observational study.
Authors: Sarah E. Bergen, Ph.D., of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, is the corresponding author.
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