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Abstract
It is clear that depression is a condition that affects the quality of life of a considerable proportion of young people . from an individual perspective, depression might lead to social underperformance, violence, drug abuse and suicide in adolescents. from a societal perspective, the costs associated with depression (especially with the fast ageing of our societies which is making them more dependent on fewer healthy young people) and the recognition that existing treatment might be cost-saving, make depression in young people a condition worthy of further research. Efficacious treatments and a number of promising new drugs do exist, but they have not been appropriately tested in young people . The extrapolation of findings from RCTs in adults might be misleading, doing more harm than good.Major efforts to improve the effectiveness of health systems in diagnosing and treating depression are required. A 6.8% effectiveness for treating a hacross a wide age-range. As exercise has shown