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 ...

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).

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 ...

In fact, statistics suggest that adverse experiences during childhood can double the risk of being diagnosed with depression later in life. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital ...