Goth teenagers at higher risk of depression, study suggests

Researchers find increased tendency towards clinical depression and self-harm, but it is unclear whether membership of subculture is a cause or a symptom

Teenagers who identify as goths have a three times higher risk of depression than non-goth peers, researchers have said.

But they could not be sure whether it was depression leading young people to join the subculture - most readily identified by its members' black clothes and make-up - or being caused by it.