Journal of Rural Mental Health, Vol 49(3), Jul 2025, 177-184; doi:10.1037/rmh0000311
Depression has become increasingly common among children and adolescents in the United States. Rural communities, in particular, face barriers to mental health care, and there is a dearth of epidemiologic literature on youth mental health using administrative data in rural states. We sought to estimate the annual prevalence of diagnosed depression among youth from 2016 to 2022. Using Vermont all-payer claims, we estimated the annual prevalence of diagnosed depression among children and adolescents (