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Article: Depression linked to high-risk sexual behavior in adolescents.(News)(Clinical report)
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- Pediatric News
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- July 1, 2006
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BOSTON -- Adolescent boys and girls with symptoms of depression are more likely than their nondepressed peers to engage in high-risk sexual behavior, results of a recent study have shown.
These findings fuel arguments in favor of expanding depression prevention, screening, and treatment efforts in this vulnerable population, Jocelyn A. Lehrer, Sc.D., said at the annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
The results were based on home interview data from a sample of 4,152 sexually active, unmarried high school students who participated in Waves I and II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health at 1-year intervals between 1995 ...