Depression in Childhood and Adolescence

Depression in Childhood and Ado­lescence: A Guide for Practitioners fills a gap in the literature by provid­ing practitioners with a go to resource for understanding assessing and treating youth depression. All in one source practitioners will find easy-to-follow and clearly worded coverage of diagnosis bio psychosocial conceptualization assessment and treatment as well as special topics in­cluding gender and developmental differences suicidality and the use of antidepressant medication in treatment. Cutting-edge information is supplemented with illustrative case studies designed to bring key points to life. This volume is an excellent resource for practitioners and train­ees across a variety of fields including child/adolescent psychology and psychiatry developmental psychology clinical social work and school psychology.