THE EMANUEL-MILLER-MEMORIAL-LECTURE-1994 - DEPRESSIVE-DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD - AN IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE

To convey an impressionistic landscape of depressive disorders in chil dhood, studies of clinically referred and diagnosed patients as well a s community samples, and data from experimental investigations are use d to consider five questions: Are depressive syndromes morbid states i n childhood? Should we be concerned about depression in childhood? How do very early-onset depressions arise? What happens to depressed chil dren as they grow up? And how can we help youngsters who suffer from d epression? The information is discussed with respect to its implicatio ns for the management of clinically depressed children, as well as the prevention of very early-onset depressive disorders.