title: Therapy of depressed and suicidal children.
abstract: The author postulates that depression exists in adolescents, with the level of ego development producing varying clinical pictures. Therapy is based upon the psychoanalytic theory of personality development. Individual treatment is based on age and intelligence of patient, level of ego development, defenses utilized, attitude of parents, and community facilities available.
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D000092864:Suicide Prevention