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Careers, education & training Fear may lead to depression for
teens Addressing the fears teenagers find difficult to overcome
could help tackle depression among this age group. New research
published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences has shown it can be hard to extinguish fear from the
developed teenage brain. Investigators from Weill Cornell
Medical College noted this might explain why instances of
anxiety and depression are often high during adolescence.
According to the findings, teens tend to react to threats even
when the danger has passed, while there is also a diminishing of
their ability to suppress emotional responses to these threats.
Dr Francis Lee, Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry at the
learning institute, said it is vital researchers "find a way to
help teenagers become more resilient to the fear they experience
during adolescence to prevent it from leading to a lifetime of
anxiety and depression". Th