title: Developmental risk of depression: experience matters.
abstract: This article focuses on discussing risks for depression onset and the role of environmental factors in promoting resilience in children and adolescents. The authors review the current literature on specific (eg, family history of depression) and nonspecific (eg, poverty, stressful life events) risk factors for youth depression to underscore the need for prevention efforts promoting resiliency in this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. william.beardslee@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Beardslee
authors.forename: Tracy R G
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Gladstone
authors.forename: Erin E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010375:Pedigree; D011203:Poverty; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012934:Social Isolation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D014754:Violence