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Includes bibliographical references and index, Depression: some definitions -- Normal adolescence and depression in adolescence -- The mood disorders of adolescence -- Mood disorders: a summary of diagnostic categories in the DSM -- Medication issues in adolescence -- Antidepressant medications -- Mood-stabilizing medications -- Other medications and treatments -- Counseling and psychotherapy -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Autism, Asperger's, and related disorders -- Alcohol and drug abuse -- Eating disorders -- \"Cutting\" and other self-harming behavior -- The genetics of mood disorders -- Strategies for successful treatment -- The role of the family -- Planning for emergencies -- Looking ahead, In Adolescent Depression, psychiatrists Francis Mark Mondimore, MD, and Patrick Kelly, MD, explain that serious depression in adolescents goes beyond \"moodiness.\" Depression is in fact an illness - one that can be effectively treated. The authors describe the many forms of depression and the many symptoms of depression in young people - from sadness to irritability, self-harm, drug and alcohol abuse, and violent rages

Author

Mondimore, Francis Mark, 1953-,Kelly, Patrick, 1978-

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421417905

Subjects

Medical, Medicine