Diagnosing and Treating Depression | You Are Not Alone
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Diagnosing and Treating Depression | You Are Not Alone
A psychiatrist discusses the reasons for the increase in depression among teenagers. Dr. Christopher Peters, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Louisville’s School of Medicine, says that in recent years more adolescents have been diagnosed as meeting the criteria for depression, with an increase of around three to four percent over the past 10 years. This video segment is part of You Are Not Alone, a youth mental health series produced by KET.