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==== Childhood and adolescence ==== {{Main|Depression in childhood and adolescence}} Depression in childhood and adolescence is similar to adult major depressive disorder, although young sufferers may exhibit increased irritability or behavioral dyscontrol instead of the more common sad, empty, or hopeless feelings seen with adults.<ref name="Birmaher">{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Birmaher B, Ryan ND, Williamson DE, Brent DA, Kaufman J, Dahl RE, Perel J, Nelson B |date=November 1996 |title=Childhood and adolescent depression: a review of the past 10 years. Part I |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=35 |issue=11 |pages=1427β1439 |doi=10.1097/00004583-199611000-00011 |pmid=8936909 |s2cid=11623499}}</ref> Children who are under stress, experiencing loss, or have other underlying disorders are at a higher risk for depression. Childhood depression is often comorbid with [[mental disorders]] outside of other mood disorders; most commonly [[anxiety disorder]] and [[conduct disorder]]. Depression also tends to run in families.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Depressed Child |url=https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/The-Depressed-Child-4.aspx |work=Facts for Families |issue=4 |publisher=The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |date=July 2013 }}</ref>
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