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 ...

There is little clear evidence to favour one psychological therapy over another for the treatment of depression in children and young people. Clinicians should discuss this uncertainty when ...

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 ...