Depression rates are rising and researchers and clinicians now say that depression often begins in childhood. Kathleen P. Hockey is a licensed social worker who has also suffered from depression.

Ongoing research is examining whether timing of menarche is a causal risk factor for depression in adolescence. Other work focuses on the role of individual factors in childhood (e.g. early ...

Childhood Depression Does Not Look the Same as Adult Depression Although most people think of depression as an adult illness, ...

Postpartum depression (PPD) has a biochemical basis and every mother is at risk to develop this disorder. Mothers who have delivered prematurely, and those who have an infant in the newborn ...

A commonly used screening tool, the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI), is caregiver-administered and can also be used to track changes in symptoms over time, making it useful for evaluating ...

Without treatment anxiety is apt to persist, interfere with children’s social function and development, and wreak havoc on family life. It leads not just to future anxiety but to depression ...

Depression is also increasingly common in children. Even in the most severe cases, depression is highly treatable. The condition is often cyclical, and early treatment may prevent or forestall ...

Guided by Teachers College's longstanding commitment to inquiry and social justice, we prepare educators to teach and support young children across diverse contexts of preschools, elementary schools, ...

Depression stalls careers, strains relationships, and sometimes ends lives. Help break the silence and lift the stigma around this devastating and common disorder. The following resources offer ...

But now it is common," said the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital doctor. She has seen a rise in cases where social media is a contributing factor in teenage depression, anxiety and other ...

In a cross-sectional study, about one third of adult survivors of childhood cancer reported clinically significant or high ...

Post-weaning depression, also sometimes referred to as weaning blues, can occur when women stop breastfeeding, and include ...