The Many Faces of Depression in Children and Adolescents

In The Many Faces of Depression in Children and Adolescents, Drs. Shaffer and Waslick lead a distinguished group of contributors in presenting an overview of the key findings and concepts emerging from recent empirical efforts to understand the cause of depressive illness in youth. Topics addressed include dilemmas and challenges related to the diagnosis of unipolar and bipolar affective illness in childhood and adolescence; research evidence for the effectiveness of a range of psychotherapeutic interventions and pharmacotherapeutic treatments in depressed youth; current principles of medication management for acute, continuation, and maintenance, treatment phases of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents; and developments in the emerging field of youth suicide prevention. Throughout, the contributors also offer strategies for optimizing interventions and outcomes in this population.