A study of US high school students has found that having friends who suffer from depression doesn’t affect the mental health of others.
In fact, having friends appears to play a profound role in helping teenagers recover from depression or even avoid becoming depressed.
The findings come from a study of the way teenagers in a group of US high schools influenced each other’s mood. In the review, researchers from the University of Warwick created a mathematical model to establish if depression spreads from friend to friend.
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From Psych Central