Depression Is Up By 60%, Including Among Teens. What Can Parents Do?

Even among mental health professionals, the CDC’s recent news came as a shock. In a study released earlier this month, the agency reported that depression among US teens and adults has increased 60 percent in the last decade — and that young people, ages 12 to 19, were the age group most likely to report current symptoms of depression.

If you’re alarmed by those numbers, you’re not alone. “I’m not surprised that there was a drastic increase [in depression], although I was surprised that it was 60 percent,” Heather Hagen...