Depression in Children''s Lives

Although childhood depressive disorders are relatively rare, the experience of depression in children's lives is not. This Element draws on basic emotion development and developmental psychopathology perspectives to address the nature of depressive experience in childhood, both symptoms and disorder.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Current Perspectives on Childhood Depression; 3. Epidemiology of Depression in Children's Lives; 4. Developmental Expression and Continuity; 5. Risk Factors and the Emergence of Childhood Depression; 6. Developmental Consequences of Depression in Children's Lives; 7. Interventions for Depression in Children's Lives; 8. Conclusions.

Summary

Although childhood depressive disorders are relatively rare, the experience of depression in children's lives is not. This Element draws on basic emotion development and developmental psychopathology perspectives to address the nature of depressive experience in childhood, both symptoms and disorder.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Crnic, Keith (Arizona State University) Lin Crnic, Betty Lin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781108814805
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81480-5
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Child Development
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Family psychology, Psychology: emotions, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Couple and Family psychology