"I'm always going to be tired": a qualitative exploration of adolescents' experiences of fatigue in depression.

ABSTRACT: Adolescent depression is a prevalent and disabling condition, but current psychological treatments are only moderately effective. One way to enhance outcomes is to further our understanding of adolescent depression and improve our capacity to target the most frequently reported and problematic symptoms. A common but often neglected symptom of depression is fatigue, which is associated with considerable impairment and has the potential to interfere with adolescents' engagement in psychological therapies. Despite this, the experience of fatigue in adolescent depression and how we target it in treatment is currently poorly understood. Therefore, we aimed to explore adolescents' experiences and understandings of fatigue in depression, recruiting from clinical and community settings. Semi-struc

SUBMITTER: Higson-Sweeney N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10257178 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature