Doctors call for raising awareness on infantile, teenage depression

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Doctors call for raising awareness on infantile, teenage depression

AMMAN — Experts stressed on Tuesday the importance of detecting cases of depression among children and adolescents at early stages and called for raising awareness among families about the signs and symptoms of depression.  A national study on the mental health status of children and adolescents in Jordan revealed that 16.6 per cent of children and 23 per cent of adolescents in Jordan suffer from symptoms of severe depression, while 24.5 per cen…