Childhood Depression: Interpersonal Interactions and Depressive Phenomena
Abstract
The author discusses the impact of parental disability, particularly parental depression, on children. Depression in children, which takes differentforms according to the child’s developmental level, may mirror or be a response to similar affect in a parent. Clinicians need to take note of the relationship between child and caretaker and of the various manifestations of childhood depression in order to avoid underdiagnosing this disorder.
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