Study: Happy friends could help teenagers beat depression

For teenagers, surrounding themselves with friends — particularly friends in a good mood — could significantly reduce their risk of developing depression, and improve their ability to recover from it.
In a study published this week, scientists analyzed the data of more than 2,000 high school students in the United States to investigate whether the moods of students influenced one another and if this could in turn impact levels of depression among teens. The teams modeled the spread o