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TV watching in youth tied to depression later
By Nicholas Bakalar Published: February 10, 2009
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Lengthy television viewing in adolescence may raise the risk for depression in young adulthood, according to a new report.
The study, in the February issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry, published by the American Medical Association, found a rising risk of depressive symptoms with increasing hours spent watching television.
There was no association of depression with exposure to computer games, videocassettes or radio.
Researchers used data from a larger analysis of 4,142 adolescents who were not depressed at the start of the study. After seven years of follow-up, more than 7 percent had symptoms of depression.
But while about 6 percent of those who watched less than three hours a day were depressed, more than 17 percent of those who watched more than nine hours a day had depressive symptoms.
TV watching in youth tied to depression later
By Nicholas Bakalar Published: February 10, 2009
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Lengthy television viewing in adolescence may raise the risk for depression in young adulthood, according to a new report.
The study, in the February issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry, published by the American Medical Association, found a rising risk of depressive symptoms with increasing hours spent watching television.
There was no association of depression with exposure to computer games, videocassettes or radio.
Researchers used data from a larger analysis of 4,142 adolescents who were not depressed at the start of the study. After seven years of follow-up, more than 7 percent had symptoms of depression.
But while about 6 percent of those who watched less than three hours a day were depressed, more than 17 percent of those who watched more than nine hours a day had depressive symptoms.
