Examining minor and major depression in adolescents
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A number of risk factors, functional impairment, comorbidity and service utilization patterns associated with depression in community adolescents who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for minor depression (mDEP) is examined and their profile are compared to adolescents who met the criteria for MDD. Youngsters with mDEP had significant impairment and used more mental health services than those with major depression.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2005
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Review of the efficacy and safety of antidepressants in youth depression
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The available evidence from clinical trials of antidepressants in adolescents and children with depression is examined owing to the controversy about the efficacy and safety of these medications in the populations. With the variability in trial methodology and the variation in the drug/placebo response rates within a single trial, clinicians need to be judicious in their interpretation of research data on pediatric antidepressant trials.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2005
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Specificity of putative psychosocial risk factors for psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents
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New evidence about the specificity of putative psychosocial risk factors for common child and adolescent psychiatric disorders is tested. Results indicate that it was important to define risk factors and disorders narrowly and to consider developmental patterns of specificity by sex.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2008
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