Although children can be depressed for many reasons, new evidence suggests that there are physiological differences among depressed children based on their experiences of abuse before age 5. Early abuse may be especially damaging due to the very young age at which it occurs...
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February 9, 2010
Early Abuse Tied To More Depression In Children
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January 26, 2010
The Dramatic Rise of Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents: Is It Connected to the Decline in Play and Rise in Schooling?
Rates of depression and anxiety among young people in America have been increasing steadily for the past fifty to seventy years. Today five to eight times as many high school and college students meet the criteria for diagnosis of major depression and/or an anxiety disorder as was true half a century or more ago. This increased psychopathology is not the result of changed diagnostic criteria; it
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October 11, 2009
Continuation Treatment and Relapse Prevention in Pediatric Depression
The prevalence of depression in children and adolescents ranges from 2% to 8% in the general population, which indicates that depression in this population is a major public health concern.1-3 This is especially apparent when rates of depression are compared with other serious medical conditions in childhood, such as diabetes, which has a prevalence of 0.18%.4 The burden of depressive illness-inc
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August 4, 2009
Study: Depression seen in preschoolers
August 03, 2009 CHICAGO - Depression in children as young as 3 is real and not just a passing grumpy mood, according to provocative new research.
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June 16, 2009
FDA Warnings Led To Unintended Changes In Depression Diagnosis, New Report Finds (Science Daily)
Government warnings about suicidality among children taking antidepressants appear to be associated with unintended and persistent changes in the diagnosis and treatment of depression in children and adults, according to a new report.
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June 6, 2009
FDA Warnings About Antidepressants Associated With Lasting, Unintended Changes In Diagnosis And Treatment
Government warnings about suicidality among children taking antidepressants appear to be associated with unintended and persistent changes in the diagnosis and treatment of depression in children and adults, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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June 5, 2009
FDA Warnings About Antidepressants Associated With Lasting, Unintended Changes In Diagnosis And Treatment (Medical News Today)
Government warnings about suicidality among children taking antidepressants appear to be associated with unintended and persistent changes in the diagnosis and treatment of depression in children and adults, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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May 5, 2009
Stressful events and adolescent depression: A test of the cognitive diathesis-stress generation theory
For decades depression researchers have identified a number of stressful events that are associated with the onset of depression in children and adolescents. Researchers have shown that the experience of specific events, as well as exposure to chronic stress, can lead to the development of depression. But as we know, most people who experience stressful events do not develop clinical depression.
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