Depression in young adolescents
Abstract
In the last two decades depression in young adolescents has been accepted as a prominent health problem of this age group. Adolescent depression has some typical symptoms and is responsive to appropriate treatment. Depression in this age group is likely to disrupt the development of personality and eventual outcome in career, relationships and self esteem. A detailed review is presented.
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3. Grover, Dutt, Avasthi. An overview of Indian research in depression. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2010;52(7):178- 188.
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6. Psychoneuroimmunology. In New Oxford textbook of Psychiatry.Second Edition. Pub Oxford University Press. 2012. Pg 205- 211
7. Mood disorders. In Interviewing Children and Adolescents. Morrison and Anders. 2001. Guilford Press.
8. Child psychiatry in India. Savita Malhotra. 2002. Macmillan India Ltd.
9. Cognitive therapy. In The Art and Science of brief psychotherapies. Eds Glen Gabbard. 2004. American Psychiatric Publishing.
10. Brief Interpersonal therapy. In The Art and Science of brief psychotherapies. Eds Glen Gabbard. 2004. American Psychiatric Publishing.
11. NICE guidelines or treatment of depression in children and adolescents. September 2005. www.nice.org.uk
12. ICD- 10 Classification of mental and behavioral disorders, 1992. WHO
13. Website of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. www.aacap.org
Published
2019-08-10
How to Cite
Vani Kulhalli. (2019). Depression in young adolescents. The Indian Practitioner, 68(8), 63-65. Retrieved from https://articles.theindianpractitioner.com/index.php/tip/article/view/581
Section
Review article
