CAMACHO, Paul Anthony et al. Validity and reliability of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale on Colombians adolescent students. Biomédica [online]. 2009, vol. 29, n. 2, pp. 260-269. ISSN 0120-4157. Introduction. Major depressive disorder is the second major cause of adolescent psychological incapacitation in Latin-America. However, scales for detecting these disorders have not been validated for screening adolescents in Colombia. Objective. The validity and reliability of a Spanish translation of the Center for
