TOPIC: Childhood and Adolescent Depression

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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Introductory Packet

• Assessing to Address Barriers to Learning
• Affect and Mood Problems related to School Aged Youth

Newsletter

• Youth Suicide/Depression/Violence (Summer, '99)

Quick Training Aid

• Suicide Prevention
• School Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Adolescent Affect and Mood Problems

Practice Notes

• Grief and Loss
• When a Student Seems Dangerous to Self or Others
• Countering the Over-Pathologizing of Students' Feelings & Behavior: A Growing Concern Related to MH in Schools

Resource Aid Packets

• Screening/Assessing Students: Indicators and Tools
• Student Psychotropic Medication: The School's Role
• School Helping Students Deal With Loss

Policy & Program Reports & Briefs

• Suicide Prevention in Schools

Continuing Education

• Addressing Barriers to Learning: New Directions for Mental Health in Schools

General Depression
• Behaviors May Indicate Risk of Adolescent Depression
• Child and Adolescent Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment
• Cost-Effectiveness of an Intervention to Prevent Depression in At-Risk Teens
• The Depressed Child: Facts for Families
• Depression
• Depression and How Psychotherapy and Other Treatments Can Help People Recover
• Depression and Other Mental Health Topics
• Depression and the Initiation of Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Youths Aged 12 to 17
• Depression in Children and Adolescents: Information for Parents and Educators
• Differences in Early Childhood Risk Factors for Juvenile-Onset and Adult-Onset Depression
• Emergency Treatment of Young People Following Deliberate Self-Harm
• FDA Proposes New Warnings About Suicidal Thinking, Behavior in Young Adults Who Take Antidepressant Medications
• The Hopelessness Theory of Depression: A Test of the Diathesis-Stress Component in the Interpersonal and Achievement Domains
• Improving Early Identification and Treatment of Adolescent Depression: Considerations and Strategies for Health Plans
• Major Depressive Episode among Youths Aged 12 to 17 in the United States
• Mental Health, Educational, and Social Role Outcomes of Adolescents With Depression
• National Trends in Outpatient Treatment of Depression
• Negative Behavior Can be a Depression Smokescreen
• The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Depression
• Obesity, Shame, and Depression in School-Aged Children: A Population-Based Study
• Prevalence of Depression by Race/Ethnicity: Findings From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III
• QuickStats: Rate of Hospitalization for Depression Among Persons Aged 5-19 Years
• Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media
• Screening for Depression: Recommendations and Rationale
• Some Things You Should Know About Preventing Teen Suicide
• Toward Guidelines for Evidence-Based Assessment of Depression in Children and Adolescents
• Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study: Rationale, Design, and Methods
• What to do When a Friend is Depressed: Guide for Students
• Youth with Depression/Anxiety

Bipolar
• Bipolar Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder: An Easy-to-Read Booklet
• Toward an Evidence-Based Assessment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
• International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression
• Mental Health America
• The National Association of School Psychologists
• SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center

• A Review of Pharmacotherapy of Major Depression in Children and Adolescents. By Ambrosini, Paul J. Psychiatric Services. 2000 May. 51 (5): p. 627-633.
• A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on the Cognitive Components of Child and Adolescent Depression. By Kaslow, Nadine J.; Adamson, Lauren B.; Collins, Marietta H. In Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology (2nd ed) by Arnold J. Sameroff, Ed; Michael Lewis, Ed; et al. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY, US, 2000. p. 491-510 of xxxi, 813pp.
• Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Depression and Suicidality. By Stanard, Rebecca; Powell, Ed. Journal of Mental Health Counseling. 2000 Jul. 22 (3): p. 204-217.
• Childhood and Adolescent Predictors of Major Depression in the Transition to Adulthood. By Reinherz, H.Z. et al. (2003). In The American Journal of Psychiatry. 160:2141-2147.
• Development and Depression. By Garber, Judy. In Handbook of developmental psychopathology (2nd ed) by Arnold J. Sameroff, Ed; Michael Lewis, Ed; et al. 2000. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY, US. p. 467-490 of xxxi, 813pp.
• Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Child and Adolescent Depression. By Corinne David-Ferdon and Nadine J. Kaslow. (2008). In Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Vol 37, No. 1.
• Personality Science: Three Approaches and Their Applications to the Causes and Treatment of Depression. By Zuckerman, M. (2010). American Psychological Association.
• Preventing Depression: A Review of Cognitive-Behavioral and Family Interventions. By Gillham, Jane E.; Shatte, Andrew J.; Freres, Derek R. Applied & Preventive Psychology. 2000 Spr. 9 (2): p. 63-88.
• Scale-based protocols for the detection and management of depression. Lynch, S. Clarkson, P. Blenkiron, P. & Fraser, J. (2003). LibraPharm, Primary Care Psychiatry, 8(3):77084.
• Should we screen for depression? Caveats and potential pitfalls. Coyne, J.C. et al. (2002). Applied & Preventive Psychology, 9, 101-121.
• Social skills deficits associated with depression. Segrin, Chris. Clinical Psychology Review. 2000. Apr. 20 (3): p. 379-403.
• The treatment for adolescents with depression study team. (2003). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(5), 531-542.
• Treating adolescent depression: A review of intervention approaches. Finn, Cindy A. International Journal of Adolescence & Youth. A B Academic Publishers: United Kingdom, 2000. 8 (4): p. 253-269.

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