Depression in children and adolescents

Joseph L Calles Jr

doi:10.1016/j.pop.2007.04.008

Depression in children and adolescents

Prim Care. 2007 Jun;34(2):243-58; abstract vi. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2007.04.008.

Author

Joseph L Calles Jr¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Department of Psychiatry, A236 East Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. calles@kcms.msu.edu

PMID: 17666225
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2007.04.008

Abstract

Primary care physicians are often the first health care providers to have contact with depressed children and adolescents. This article discusses the epidemiology, clinical features, comorbid conditions, risk and protective factors, treatment modalities, and clinical course of early-onset depression.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis
Anxiety Disorders / epidemiology
Anxiety Disorders / therapy
Behavioral Medicine*
Child
Comorbidity
Depressive Disorder* / diagnosis
Depressive Disorder* / epidemiology
Depressive Disorder* / therapy
Developmental Disabilities* / diagnosis
Developmental Disabilities* / epidemiology
Developmental Disabilities* / therapy
Family Practice*
Humans
Pediatrics*
Primary Health Care*
Risk Factors
Social Support