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By David Reiss, M.D.
For Am J Psychiatry.
Three articles in this issue make a substantial contribution to our understanding both of how depression is transmitted from parents to children and of approaches to treating depression. Tully et al present one of a series of reports from an etiological study: the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (SIBS) [...]

Diagnosing clinical depression in adolescents and children is very difficult. Teenagers are often moody and distinguishing between moodiness and depression can be challenging even for youngsters to recognise within themselves. Children and teenagers may not always understand why they are feeling down, express their feelings to others or seek help. Older teenagers especially are often [...]

The Back-to-School Blues is very real according to Mary Muscari, associate professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York, and author of Not My Kid: 21 Steps for Raising a Nonviolent Child and Let Kids be Kids: Rescuing Childhood. Children deal with a loss of freedom as their summer vacation comes to an end. [...]

A school-based mental health program for children exposed to armed political conflict in Indonesia reduced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and “helped maintain hope,” according to a study in a theme issue on violence and human rights in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure [...]

By Dr. Dobson.
QUESTION: Our school psychologist said she thinks our son is suffering from childhood depression. My goodness! The kid is only nine years old. Is it reasonable that this could be his problem?
DR. DOBSON: We used to believe that depression was exclusively an adult problem, but that understanding is changing. Now we’re seeing signs [...]

Adults in treatment for severe mental disorders report greater levels of childhood stress than adults without psychiatric disorders, researchers from Germany found in a study they conducted.
A burgeoning number of studies suggest that adverse or traumatic experiences during childhood influence adult psychopathology, Dr. Brigitte Rockstroh, of the University of Konstanz, and colleagues note in the [...]

By Shamala Pulugurtha.
Source: Brain Blogger.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between 1992 to 2004, the rate of hospitalization for depression has increased approximately 81% for females and 30% for males aged 5-19 years. In 2004, more than 5,000 US children and adolescents committed suicide and an additional 171,870 non-fatal self harm [...]

Life is not always as simple and easy for children as one may think. Children need to meet the harsh demands of school top on of their personal and social lives. In addition, many parents also send their children for supplementary classes for enrichment purposes and attempt to discover their children’s talents by having them [...]

All parents want to ensure that their kids are always healthy and happy. But what happens when happiness, or the lack of it, is a bigger problem that you expected? The truth of the matter is that childhood depression has become an increasingly larger problem in today’s society than ever before. It might also shock [...]

Depression is a health problem that directly affects the emotional functioning of the brain and leaves a person feeling moody and socially misplaced. Serious cases such as suicide, murder and other mental illnesses have occurred due to improper attention given to depressed people over the years. To avoid all these cases, it is usually advised [...]