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A tool for predicting the risk of clinical depression in teenage boys has been developed by researchers.
Looking for high levels of the stress hormone cortisol and reports of feeling miserable, lonely or unloved could find those at greatest risk.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge want to develop a way of screening for depression in the same way as heart problems can be predicted.
However, their method was far less useful in girls.
Teenage years and early adulthood are a critical time for mental health - 75% of disorders develop before the age of 24.
But there is no way to accurately say who will or will not develop depression.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26224812
Looking for high levels of the stress hormone cortisol and reports of feeling miserable, lonely or unloved could find those at greatest risk.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge want to develop a way of screening for depression in the same way as heart problems can be predicted.
However, their method was far less useful in girls.
Teenage years and early adulthood are a critical time for mental health - 75% of disorders develop before the age of 24.
But there is no way to accurately say who will or will not develop depression.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26224812