Evaluating a Diverse Panel of Risk Factors for First Onset and Course of Depression in Adolescent Girls

First onsets of depression are especially common in adolescent females and often develop into chronic/recurrent illness. Our understanding of the multiple etiological processes leading to first onset, and particularly with a chronic/recurrent course, remains limited. We examined whether a comprehensive panel of clinical, cognitive-dispositional, interpersonal, and biological (cortisol, event-related potentials) risk factors prospectively...