Depressed teens appear to be extra sensitive to parental criticism

“You’re so messy! Tidy up your room.” “Why are you so lazy today? Go and do your homework.” Criticism is never nice to hear. But for some teens it hits extra hard, research by Ph.D. candidate Lisanne van Houtum has shown. Teens with depression appear to be more sensitive to criticism from their parents than their healthy peers are.

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