Teenage girls have more depressive symptoms than boys in both London and Tokyo. The study found that this gender gap is around twice as large in London and the year-on-year rise in depressive symptoms is around four times steeper for teenage girls in London than for teenage girls in Tokyo.
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King's College London
Gender gap in teenage depression is twice as large in London than in Tokyo, new study finds
Research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has tracked depressive symptoms in 7100 young people from Tokyo and London and shown girls have more depressive symptoms than boys in both cities. The…