Recognizing and treating depression in children and adolescents
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Vol. 63 (3), 233-243
- https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp050264
Abstract
Purpose. The clinical presentation and neurobiology of depression in youth and its appropriate treatment, as well as strategies for improving therapeutic benefit and preventing adverse outcomes, including suicide, are reviewed.Keywords
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