If Your Adolescent Has Depression An Essential Resource for Parents

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Synopsis

The authoritative guide to understanding and helping a teenager with depression.

While coping with teenage moodiness can be difficult under any circumstances, it can be especially challenging if a teenager has a serious mood disorder. This concise, readable book is the definitive guide to understanding and getting effective help for adolescents with depression, designed for parents and other adults in contact with afflicted teens. It combines the most current scientific expertise available today--including the newest treatments and medications and the latest research findings on depression--with no-nonsense, hands-on advice from parents who have faced this mood disorder in their own children.

Among other topics, the book addresses the roots of depression, red flags to look out for, treatment options for young people, and practical strategies for helping a teen cope at home and at school. It concludes on a hopeful note, by reviewing the latest scientific evidence on treating depression. A growing body of research now shows that early diagnosis and treatment of depression may reduce the severity of the disease, both now and in the future. Including chapters on sex, drugs, and social media, and life after high school, this book will provide the information and tools parents need to help adolescents achieve the best possible outcome.

Book details

Series:
ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE
Author:
Dwight L. Evans, Moira A. Rynn, Katherine Ellison
ISBN:
9780197636091
Related ISBNs:
9780197636077, 9780197636060, 9780197636084
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-05-01
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2023
Copyright by:
Oxford University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Psychology, Teens