Preventive strategies for adolescent depression: What are we missing? A focus on biomarkers

Abstract

Adolescent depression is an important global issue with several unmet needs that still must be addressed and, to date, there are only few effective preventive strategies to reduce the burden of this disorder worldwide. In this mini-review, the evidence and potential ways to improve an early detection will be discussed as well as prompt interventions by focusing on a better understanding of the risks underlying the developing of adolescent depression from both a sociodemographic and a biological perspective.

Keywords

• Adolescent depression
• Biomarkers
• Preventive strategies
• LMIC
• Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)