Psychiatric News (3/12) reports a study found that “children and teenagers who have been exposed to trauma are very likely to experience clinically significant symptoms of depression in the aftermath of the trauma, with many of them continuing to experience symptoms a year later.” The research team “pooled data on 2,006 trauma-exposed youth ages 7 to 18 across four countries who completed measures of depression symptoms across acute- (>24 hours to 1 month), short- (>1 to 3 months), intermediate- (>3 to 6 months), and/or long-term (>6 to 12 months) windows.” They observed the “prevalence of children who likely had ‘clinically significant depression’ was 38.7% in the acute-, 57.9% in the short-, 47.1% in the intermediate-, and 41.8% in the long-term window.” The study was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
Related Links:
— “Youth Exposed to Trauma Often Have Long-Lasting Symptoms of Depression, Psychiatric News, March 12, 2026