Childhood Depression: An Explanation of a Behavior Disorder of Children
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 44 (3) , 911-916
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1977.44.3.911
Abstract
Depression is an important cause of behavioral disturbances in children. Childhood depression is an episodic disorder characterized by 10 criteria, symptoms of dysphoric mood, self-deprecatory ideation, agitation, loss of energy, reduced socialization, altered school performance, altered school attitude, sleep disturbance, appetite disturbance, and somatic complaints persisting for at least one month. Diagnosis and appropriate treatment can successfully alleviate the symptomatology in depressed children.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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