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The Biology of Depression in Children and Adolescents

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Biology of Depressive Disorders

Part of the book series: The Depressive Illness Series ((DISS,volume 4))

Abstract

Until the last two decades, it was assumed that children did not experience adult forms of depression. This was based on etiologic hypotheses of depression which required cognitive maturity beyond that possessed by children. Thus, it was suggested that children might have variant forms of depression, so called “masked depression,” which were symptomatologically unlike adult depression but which might evolve into adult forms of the disorder. It was thought that the adult pattern was just not seen in this younger age group.

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