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Should parents who refuse treatment for their child's depression be reported for medical neglect?
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30309
Subject(s) - neglect , depression (economics) , psychiatry , medical diagnosis , child neglect , medicine , mental health , medical treatment , pediatrics , psychology , child abuse , suicide prevention , poison control , family medicine , medical emergency , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
More than one out of every 10 18‐year‐olds has been clinically depressed, but many of these remain undiagnosed and untreated. Sometimes, it's because parents refuse treatment. In cases of medical neglect, however, mental health diagnoses are rarely reported.