Depression in adolescents is a major risk factor for suicide, the second-to-third leading cause of death in this age group, with more than half of the suicide victims reported to have a depressive disorder at time of death (Thapar, Collishaw, Pine, & Thapar, 2012).  Conducting a research study on children with depression, methods of treatment, and outcomes would lend itself to both quantitative and qualitative designs.  Descriptions of mood such as depression and anxiety are variables that are complex and not directly observable and are considered qualitative; meanwhile the data on children only taking antidepressants and those only going to counseling, and suicide rates can be measured making it quantitative.