Affective disorders in childhood and adolescence : an update
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Affective disorders in childhood and adolescence : an update
（Child behavior and development）
MTP Press, c1983
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The first two books in this series on Child Behavior and Development dealt with the Hyperactive Child Syndrome (Attention Deficit Disorder) and with Infantile Autism. These are two of the most investigated and best established syndromes in child psychiatry. Affective disorders, that is depressions and manias, are probably the most investigated and best established syndromes in adult psychiatry. However, it is only recently that investigators have turned their attention to depressions and manias in children and adolescents. Focusing on clinical, research, and management aspects, this present monograph is an attempt to collect in one place much of what we know about depression and mania in children and adolescents. The first section deals with the phenomenology of affective disorders in children and adolescents. Issues regarding classification and diagnostic criteria are reviewed and case studies are presented. The second section deals with the issues of alternative forms of depression and relates common school-related problems to affective disorders. The third section on assessment discusses various assessment instruments in some detail.
The fourth section on possible etiologic factors concentrates on those biologic areas that are the subject of most of the etiologic research at the present time. Likewise, the last section on management deals with those therapeutic interventions which have been the subject of the most intense research in this-area.
Table of Contents
Section I Phenomenology.- 1 Depression in Childhood: Clinical Picture and Diagnostic Criteria.- 2 Issues in Classification.- 3 Case Studies in Prepubertal Childhood Depression.- 4 Bipolar Affective Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence.- 5 Affective Disorders in Adolescence.- 6 Clinical and Biological Perspectives on Depressive Disorders in Adolescence.- Section II Alternative forms of Depression.- Overview of Masked or Alternate Forms of Depression.- 7 Childhood Affective Disorder and School Problems.- 8 School Refusal: A Depressive Equivalent?.- Section III Assessment.- Assessment of Childhood Depression: An Overview.- 9 The Clinical Assessment of Current Depressive Episodes in Children and Adolescents: Interviews with Parents and Children.- 10 The Children's Depression Scale: Review and Further Developments.- Section IV Etiologic Factors.- Overview of Etiologic Factors.- 11 Neuroendocrine and Sleep Correlates of Prepubertal Major Depressive Disorder: Current Status of the Evidence.- 12 Biological Research on Depression in Childhood.- 13 Family Genetic Factors.- Section V Natural History.- Childhood Depression: Issues Regarding Natural History.- 14 Affective Disorders in Parents: Impact Upon Children.- 15 Depression and Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents.- Section VI Management.- Issues in the Management of Childhood Depression.- 16 Psychopharmacology of Adult and Childhood Depression: An Overview.- 17 Imipramine in the Treatment of Depressed Children.- 18 Behavioral Approaches in the Treatment of Depressed Children.- 19 Cognitive Therapy with Depressed Children and Adolescents.
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