Whats the earliest age a person can get depression?!

hello pink or kasey, not sure what your going by. anyhow i believe depression can come at a very early age. even as young as 13. most docs probably wouldnt treat it as depression but would prefer to calll it behavior problems and get them into behavior modification therapy. and i doubt any young person would admit to being labeled depressed.its a hard call pink,with people that are addicted the docs wont even consider treating him or her until they have at least 6 months clean. probably the same with the young, they cant be labled at a young age. cant really diagnosis it.i think the ealiest age is around 13 or maybe even younger.depression is actually anger turned inwards. sorry i cant give you more. im just an average:} addicted guy that exp. alot of diferent treatments i didnt need. its good you ask alot of questions. i can tell your really smart. you may be treating me someday. but treatment is the last thing i need.iv accepted me for who iam. the good and bad. good luck pink, i wish the best for you. peace= godsmack. have a great day!

Due to sexual abuse, I suffered suicidal depression at age 3 and 4.

It was finally diagnosed at age 11, but due to my father's training in psychology, my family didn't believe the diagnosis, so I didn't receive treatment for it until I was twice that age.

Freud discovered the worst effects of childhood sexual abuse, but then he went into psychological denial and recanted most of his findings, and up until about 1990, (when I was about 30), Psychology took his word for it.

The psychological denial of most parents of depressed children was a happy bed partner with Psychology's cultish religious belief in Freud. When a child says, "I want to die!", you can count on some adult saying, "Oh, stop being so morbid!"

I think you can get depression even at a very early age. It happens to those who have abnormal hormone levels (most likely deficient in the emotion-regulating emotion)... I actually saw this documentary where ever since 7 years old, this boy had depression, and by 12 he committed suicide. I think having depression at any age depends on the person, genetics and experience.

when I was 13 I didn't really know what depression was either but now I know that I was depressed at that age. I started getting depression at age 11. I remember everything being overwhelming and I felt like there were too many negative things in the world. I remember there was this day where I was just wicked apathetic and didn't know why.

if that person had a hard life it can be any age there are even children to even 10 years old that have depression... its a very hard thing to see but most time kids mistake depression as unhappiness with them self

I know cases when a 6 year old boy comitted suicide so I think depression can occur at 5-6 year of age