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Adolescent depression: diagnosis, treatment, and educational attainment

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Fletcher, Jason M.·2008·Health Economics
DOI 10.1002/hec.1319PMC PMC6813840
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In this paper, I use nationally representative longitudinal data to examine adolescent depression and educational attainment. First, I examine the individual, family, and community‐level determinants of adolescent depression, diagnosis, and treatment. I find that male and minority adolescents who score high on depression scales are less likely to be diagnosed as depressed or receive treatment than female and non‐Hispanic white adolescents. Additionally, I find several community‐level variables to be important determinants of depression, diagnosis, and treatment. Second, I examine the importance of adolescent depression for educational attainment. Although it is uncontroversial to expect a negative relationship, most previous research uses cross‐sectional data, making it difficult to adequately determine the magnitude of the effect. I find that depressive symptoms are related to educational attainment along multiple margins: dropping out of high school, college enrollment, and college type. These relationships are only found for adolescent females, and there are several interesting results across income groups. Overall, these findings suggest that further attempts to diagnose and treat adolescents with depressive symptoms are needed and that additional treatment options may be required to combat the important relationship between adolescent depression and human capital accumulation for females. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors
Fletcher, J. M.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Corresponding author
Fletcher, Jason M.
ORCID
Fletcher, Jason M.
Venue
Health Economics
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-12-21
Volume
17
Issue
11
Pages
1215-1235
ISSN
  • 1057-9230 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-1050
DOI
10.1002/hec.1319
PMC
PMC6813840
OpenAlex
W2020477657
Cited by
341
References
36
Citations by year
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FWCI
16.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Health Economics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH018029, T32 MH18029-20)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01- HD31921, P01HD031921)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
adolescent depression, depressive symptoms, educational attainment, depression diagnosis, psychotherapy, gender differences, racial and ethnic minorities, community-level determinants, high school dropout, college enrollment, university type, human capital accumulation, income groups
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Depression, Educational Status, Family Characteristics, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Residence Characteristics, Sex Factors, Models, Statistical

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