MedPage Today (12/9, Henderson ) reports, “Use of treatment for depression among adolescents was significantly lower in states that mandate caregiver consent for such treatment, according to a cross-sectional study.” Researchers found that “after adjusting for state-level prevalence estimates of adolescent major depressive episodes, those who experienced an episode in the past year in states with laws prohibiting independent adolescent consent for mental health treatment were significantly less likely to receive treatment.” The findings were published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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