Provided by David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Surgeon General of the United States of America
Chapter 3: Children and Mental Health
Overview of Mental Disorders in Children
Depression and Suicide in Children and Adolescents
Treatment
Suicide
Community-Based Suicide Prevention
Aggressive Treatment of Mood Disorders
Preliminary and as yet unreplicated studies in Sweden (Rihmer et al., 1995)
suggest that education of primary medical practitioners to better identify the
characteristics of mood disorders and to treat these effectively produced a
significant reduction in suicide and suicide-attempt rates. Although the optimal
treatment of adolescent depression is not yet as well understood as that of
adult depression, this is an option that may prove to be useful.
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