Date: April 22, 2001 Contact: Pam Willenz Public Affairs Office (202) 336-5707 pwillenz@apa.org NEW STUDIES EXAMINE INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION: MOTHER'S DEPRESSION AND SMOKING CAN WORSEN SYMPTOMS AND IMPAIR SOCIAL FUNCTIONING Washington - Two factors relatively common in adolescence, smoking cigarettes and having a mother who suffers from depression, both increase the adolescent's own susceptibility to depression, according to two new studies in this month's Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, published by the American Psychological …showed first 75 words of 977 total…

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