This post on NPR's health blog piqued my interest, since I am an avid music fan, and certain songs have the ability to completely change my mood, for better or worse.
Those [teenagers] who listened to lots of music were 8 times more likely to be depressed than those who didn't listen very much.
While the author is very clear about the uncertainty of the causation versus correlation of this study, the data is the data...but why are 1 in 12 teenagers suffering from depression? That's the bigger question in my head. Is the incidence that high, or are we now more aware and therefore diagnosing more? Seems like an opportunity to get to the root cause rather than prescribe more drugs.
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