Adolescent Depression & Treatment Outcomes
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I have always been interested in the fact that many adolescents experience difficulty with depression. In examining the research in this area, I found it disturbing to learn that according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1998), major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder are manifesting at earlier ages placing more and more adolescents at-risk for depression-related behaviors such as suicide, substance abuse and other behavior problems. Aseltine, Gore and Colten (1998) report that their research suggests that, to at least some extent, adolescent social relationships in foster both the occurrence and co-occurrence of depression and substance abuse. In this regard, the authors found that in their sample of adolescents (N
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Approximate Word count = 525
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
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