Is the child an adult in miniature? Analysis of the role of regulatory decisions on antidepressive treatment for children and adolescents.
Depression in children and adolescents was accepted as an entity only 40 years ago, primarily because it was considered that children lacked the mature psychologic and cognitive structure necessary to experience the symptoms. There is a large body of evidence which confirmed the existence of disorder, but it was also shown that children and adolescents experience the whole spectrum of mood disorders, the incidence is increasing and the age at onset has fallen. Compared with adult depression, in children (6-12 years) and adolescents (13-18 years) a more insidious onset is seen, irritability is more frequent than sadness and association with other conditions (anxiety, conduct disorder, ADHD, learning disorder) is more often.
Teodorescu
Gabriela
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Lilly Romania, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Iftene
Felicia
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Predescu
Elena
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