Trends in depressive symptoms in Germany's adult population 2008-2023.

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · 2026 · PMC12995932 · PMID 40696198

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Data from Germany’s Socioeconomic Panel showed an overall trend of improvements in a mental health-related quality of life measure that has been found to be associated with symptoms of depression [ 35 , 36 ] between 2002 and 2020 [ 37 ], with dips in 2010 after the financial crisis and in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Results Depressive symptom prevalence rose 2008–2023, with stagnation 2008–2020 followed by an increasing trend 2020–2023.

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