Adolescent hospitalizations for depression in Spain have increased by more than 1,200% over the last two decades, rising from 173 cases in 2000 to nearly 1,800 in 2021, according to a study by the International University of La Rioja (UNIR) recently published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
These results are derived from the analysis of more than 9,800 hospitalizations of young people between the ages of 11 and 18 between 2000 and 2021, recorded in the Spanish National Registry of Hospital Discharges.
Among the main findings, it is noteworthy that three out of four patients were adolescent girls, accounting for 74.3% of cases. Furthermore, three out of four hospitalizations occurred in adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17, and the average age of hospitalization among young people was 16, although a decrease in the age of admission was observed in 2021.
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