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The Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture 1994
Author(s) -
Kovacs Maria
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01513.x
Subject(s) - psychology , depression (economics) , childhood depression , miller , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , early childhood , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , anxiety , ecology , biology , economics , macroeconomics
To convey an impressionistic landscape of depressive disorders in childhood, studies of clinically referred and diagnosed patients as well us community samples, and data from experimental investigations are used to consider five questions: Are depressive syndromes morbid slates in childhood? Should we be concerned a should depression in childhood? How do very early‐onset depressions arise? What happens lo depressed children as they grow up and how can we help youngsters who suffer from depression? The information is discussed with respect to this implications for the management of clinically depressed children, as well as the prevention of very early‐onset depressive disorders.