Depression in childhood

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Reluctance to attend school and excessive clinging to parents may be symptoms of depression.

Poor academic performance or a change in scholastic achievement as well as behavioural problems such as substance abuse, sexual promiscuity and running away from home may be despressive symptoms in adolescence. 

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