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actually more likely to die at an earlier age,
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and that's why we see relatively low rates in older age people.
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We don't know yet which of these explanations is true.
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It may be that they're all true to some extent.
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There are also gender differences in depression.
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These are data from a compilation of hundreds of studies
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of children and adolescents, looking at not full-blown depression
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but levels of depression on self report questionnaires.
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Probably most of you have filled out these questionnaires,
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like the Beck Depression Inventory
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that ask you how you've been feeling in the last month.
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And there's a kiddy version of this,