title: Mood disorders in children and adolescents.
abstract: A review of the literature on depression and mood disorders in children and adolescents reveals a rapidly expanding and controversial field of study. The author highlights current understanding as well as disputed issues in three areas: children's responses to separation and loss, depressive disorders in children and adolescents, and bipolar disorders in childhood and youth. He suggests that a psychodynamic-developmental perspective offers the optimal approach to a more complete understanding of these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, Topeka, KS.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bleiberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012307:Risk Factors