Key features of depression and its management in general practice.
 
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1. Approximately 2% of children have major depressive disorder.
2. Major depression is more common in girls than boys.
3. Less than 10% of children with depression relapse after recovery.
4. More than 20% of children with major depression develop a bipolar disorder later in life.
5. Major depression is more common in children than adolescents.

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2. Major depression is more common in girls than boys.

Author's answer False.

Among children, the ratio of boys to girls with depressive disorder is 1:1, while it is 1:2 in adolescents. The change in the ratio occurs as children move through puberty.