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Navigating Teenage Depression
A Guide for Parents and Professionals
- By Gordon Parker, and Kerrie Eyers.
Published March 2010
First symptoms of depression often occur during teenage years, and it can be a disturbing and confusing time for families as well as the teenager themselves. How can you tell whether it is just typical teenage ups and downs that will pass, or something more serious? How can we reliably…
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children
A Guide for the Community Practitioner
- By Katharina Manassis.
Published June 2009
This book aims to bridge the gap between child cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as practiced in academic centers and its use in community settings. Because CBT is considered the 'gold standard' in the treatment of a variety of child mental health conditions and has been evaluated in numerous…
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Depression
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People
- By Chrissie Verduyn, Julia Rogers and Alison Wood.
Published March 2009
In recent years there has been an increase in research into childhood depression, and it is now recognised that depression can severely impair young people in many aspects of their life, school, peer and social relationships, and frequently persists into adulthood.
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The Age of Melancholy
"Major Depression" and its Social Origin
- By Dan G. Blazer.
Published May 2005
Depression has become the most frequently diagnosed chronic mental illness, and is a disability encountered almost daily by mental health professionals of all trades. "Major Depression" is a medical disease, which some would argue has reached epidemic proportions in contemporary society, and it…
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