There is no biological explanation instead, a major cultural change should be suspected. In adolescents, that number has now doubled in a generation. The lifetime prevalence rate of a full clinical depressive episode in the overall U.S. This increased depression is highest in those with three or more hours per day of digital technology usage-and that data is self-reported, probably not capturing the true rates, which is likely higher. Right now about 22 percent of teenagers exhibit multiple symptoms of depression. There is no other factor that has changed notably in the last decade other than the prevalence of smartphones, digital technology, and social media to explain the extraordinary increase in the frequency of depression among adolescents. "In general, social media is not passive anymore, it's very interactive," said Tufts Medical Center Psychiatrist and Tufts School of Medicine professor Nassir Ghaemi. Video: Jandro Cisneros.
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