| Literature DB >> 16952768 |
Adrian Angold1, E Jane Costello.
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Unipolar depression only becomes more common in girls than boys after the age of 13, as a result of an increased incidence of depressive episodes in girls at that time. This article reviews evidence that links multiple dimensions of maturation in the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis with this phenomenon. Effects of developmental status and timing have been implicated, but few studies have deployed either the measurement strategies or the statistical power needed to provide a satisfactory answer to the question regarding which components of puberty are most responsible.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16952768 DOI： 10.1016/j.chc.2006.05.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am ISSN： 1056-4993