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Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts (The Jossey-Bass
Psychology Series)
by Tonia K. Shamoo, Philip G. Patros
Product Description:
Support for Parents Whose Children are Depressed
Contrary to popular belief, young children do get seriously depressed, and many
try to kill themselves. In Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal
Thoughts the authors, Shamoo and Patros, show parents: how to learn to talk,
listen, and communicate effectively with a depressed child; what situations can
cause a child or adolescent to wish to commit suicide; what signs to watch for;
myths and misinformation about suicide; how to determine the risk of suicide;
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A Parent's Guide for Suicidal and Depressed Teens: Help for Recognizing If a
Child Is in Crisis and What to Do About It
by Kate Williams
Product Description:
Drawing from personal experience, Kate Williams provides support for parents
seeking help for their teen . Williams helps parents recognize the signs of a
child in crisis, how to find immediate and effective help, and how to deal with
ongoing adolescent issues |
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Understanding Teenage Depression : A Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and
Management
by Maureen Empfield, Nicholas Bakalar
Book description:
Based on the latest scientific findings, a comprehensive guide to the
diagnosis and treatment of teenage depression.
Each year thousands of American teenagers are diagnosed with clinical
depression. If ignored, poorly treated, or left untreated, it can be a
devastating illness for adolescents and their families. Drawing on her many
years of experience as a pychiatrist working with teenagers, Dr. Maureen
Empfield answers the questions parents and teens have about depression,
providing detailed information on:
- Identifying the different types of depression
- How depression is diagnosed
- Which teenagers are most at risk
- Suicide
- The effect of depression on other teenage problems
- How depression is treated and by whom
- The drugs used to treat teenage depression – what they are and how they
work
- When a teenager needs to be hospitalized for depression
- and more.
Understanding Teenage Depression provides the latest scientific findings on
this serious condition, and the most up to date information on its treatment.
The book includes numerous vignettes drawn from Dr. Empfield's clinical practice
as well as first person accounts from teenagers who have themselves suffered
from depression. Understanding Teenage Depression is a book that anyone who's
been touched by this disease – whether parents, teachers, family members or
teens themselves – will find invaluable.
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Helping Your Depressed Teenager: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
by Gerald D. Oster, Sarah S. Montgomery
Product Description:
"The authors have produced a very readable, extremely well informed and
comprehensive book that will add greatly to the knowledge base of interested
parents. This book is strongly recommended." � Stewart Gable, MD Chairman,
Department of Psychiatry The Children�s Hospital, Denver, Colorado.
You supported and encouraged them as they grew from toddlers to teens. Now you
are confronted with one of the toughest challenges you and they will ever face �
teenage depression. Adolescence is a period of peaks and valleys. Most teens
negotiate these years with relative ease; yet for some these times are
treacherous with countless pitfalls. When depression ensues, it can interfere
with much of your child�s potential. Clinical depression is now epidemic among
American teens, and teen suicide can be a deadly consequence. Helping Your
Depressed Teenager is a practical guide offering family solutions to a family
problem. This book will sensitize you to the hidden struggles of adolescents and
assist you in understanding their multifaceted problems. The authors are experts
in this field and have helped countless youngsters confront and overcome their
depressed mood. In a highly readable and gentle manner, they help you see behind
the "masks" of troubled teens who attempt to hide their true feelings. They help
you distinguish the subtle and sometimes not so subtle signs that something is
seriously wrong. And they help you provide the loving support and assistance
teenagers need to make it through this difficult life passage. Some of the
useful information provided:
- What families can do to prevent
teen depression
- How to tell the difference
between moodiness and depression
- How to read the warning signs of
a troubled teenager
- How to know when professional
help is needed and where to find it
- How to choose the right treatment
options for your teen
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Growing Up Sad: Childhood Depression and Its
Treatment
by Leon Cytryn, Donald H. McKnew
Product Description:
The pioneering work of Drs. Cytryn and McKnew has resulted in the widespread
recognition that childhood depression is an all too common psychological
reaction to environmental stress and genetic heritage. Here they explain the
current understanding of this devastating disorder and offer guidance for
parents, teachers, and counselors on distinguishing depression from ordinary
sadness and seeking appropriate treatment. They cover recent advances
influencing treatment of the depressed child, including the availability of new
antidepressants and the awareness that childhood depression is more serious than
previously believed and may be a forerunner of later major depression or bipolar
disorder. Prevention and early treatment are emphasized. While giving specific
advice on recognizing and handling the depressed or suicidal child, the authors
show how mood disorders reduce the quality of life at any age and how to relieve
the hardships felt by these children and their families |
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Helping Sensitive and Difficult Children: What You
Can Do About Childhood Depression and Anxiety
by Steven Stritt
Product Description:
At any given time one out of ten children will display the signs and
symptoms of a childhood emotional disorder. Unfortunately, only a few of these
children receive the treatment they need to get better. Helping Sensitive and
Difficult Children provides the answers to questions that commonly arise about
children's mental health issues. Equipped with this easy to use self-help and
reference guide, you will:
- Learn important facts about childhood depression and anxiety disorders
- Understand mental health treatment
- Find ways to pay for the services
- Learn ways to help based on psychological principles.
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