One of the sad facts of life is that mental health disorders such as depression are afflicting people at an ever-younger age. Children, even preschoolers, are not immune to depression. Evidence ...

Depression rates are rising and researchers and clinicians now say that depression often begins in childhood. Kathleen P. Hockey is a licensed social worker who has also suffered from depression.

Summary: Functionally impairing depression occurs in 2-10% of children and adolescents. A diagnosis of depression should be considered when a physically healthy child exhibits depressed mood or ...

Fortunately, kids can thrive even when mom or dad is depressed. I had two preschool-aged children, was in my fourth year of university, and had a very unhappy marriage. I cried and yelled a lot.

2001). Given that women are almost twice as likely to experience depression compared to men (Gaynes et al., 2005; Kessler et al., 2003; Kessler et al., 2005) and that the majority of women age 15 to ...

The paucity of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) studies in child and adolescent psychiatry represents a serious frustration for clinicians treating youth with major depression (MD).