Developmental aspects of child and adolescent depression.
Depression is now recognized to occur in children and adolescents. However, developmental stage does appear to affect the expression, course, and pathophysiology of depressive episodes. These developmental differences restrict available treatments, and challenge our understanding of the causes and processes underlying depression across the life span.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans