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There is controversy whether true depression can exists prior to late childhood. The reaction of infants to separation may be better conceived of as a grief reaction. The question is how the developmental process allows or limits the experience or expression of varying pathological moods and affects.
- Depression like States of Infancy
- Depression During Early Childhood
- Depression in Middle and Late Childhood
- Attempts at Classification of Childhood Depression
- Depression in Adolescence
- Juvenile Manic-Depressive Disorders
- Conclusion
The deprivation of the infant, the inhibition of the toddler, the stimulus-bound sadness of the young child, the limited depression of the older child, and the exaggerated yet acutely felt despair of the adolescent may all be understood best against a framework of the developmental process.
- Depression and Development
- Suicide in Children and Adolescents
(74 pp.)
This is an original view of the causes and treatment of depression. While not denying the contribution of constitutional and biochemical factors, the authors focus on the psychodynamics and psychotherapy of this widespread disorder. The book is devoted to psychotherapy of all states and includes separate chapters on therapy for postpartum depression, and involuntary melancholia. (1049 pgs)