The depressed child and adolescent

403 Pages·2001·1.44 MB·English

by  Ian M. Goodyer

Thedepressedchildandadolescent
Inthisnew,thoroughlyrevisedandupdatededitionaninternational,interdisciplinaryteamof
mentalhealthexpertsdrawstogetherthelatestfindingsinthepsychopathologyofdepressionin
youngpeople. Combiningtheory and practice,the psychological,neurochemical and genetic
causesarediscussedandanaccountoftheclinicalcharacteristicsandfrequencyofthecondition
isgiven.Thekeyquestionsarefullyaddressed:theimportanceoflifeeventsanddifficultiesinthe
onsetandcontinuationofdepression;theefficacyofcurrentpsychologicaltherapiesandtherole
ofmedication;howdepressedyoungpeopleprogressintoadultlife;andhowdepressionarises
andtheeffectsitmayexertonbrainandbehaviourduringthiscrucialdevelopmentalperiod.
Thisbookwillappealtochildpsychiatristsandpsychologists,developmentalpsychologists,
neuroscientistsandmentalhealthprofessionalsinclinicalservices.
‘IanGoodyerhasassembledaninternationallyrecognizedgroupofresearchersasauthors...In
theresultingtourdeforce,wearetakenfromanexpositionofthedevelopmentofemotional
behaviorandunderstanding,throughthecontributionsoftemperament,attachmentandperson-
alitydevelopment,todepressivevulnerability...Eachchaptercontainsadepthofinformation
notfoundinusualtextbooksandasubtletyofunderstandingthatonlyexpertsofinternational
standing who are reviewing the areas of their own research can provide .. . this book
documents,withreferences,the greatstrides childand adolescentpsychiatryand psychology
havemadeinthepast30years.’
FromareviewofthefirsteditionintheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine.
IanM.GoodyerisfoundationProfessorofChildandAdolescentPsychiatryattheUniversityof
Cambridge and Secretary-General of the International Association of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatryand Allied Professions.He is widely publishedin the field of child and adolescent
depressionandthefocusofhisworkisontherelationsbetweensocial,emotional,cognitiveand
endocrinefactorsintheonset,courseandoutcomeofmajordepressioninyoungpeople.
CambridgeChildandAdolescentPsychiatry
Childandadolescentpsychiatryisanimportantandgrowingareaofclinicalpsychiatry.Thelastdecade
hasseenarapidexpansionofscientificknowledgeinthisfieldandhasprovidedanewunderstandingof
theunderlyingpathologyofmentaldisordersintheseagegroups.Thisseriesisaimedatpractitioners
and researchers both in child and adolescent mental health services and developmental and clinical
neuroscience.Focusingonpsychopathology,ithighlightsthosetopicswherethegrowthofknowledge
has had the greatest impact on clinical practiceand on the treatment and understandingof mental
illness. Individual volumes benefit both from the international expertise of their contributors and a
coherencegeneratedthroughauniformstyleandstructurefortheseries.Eachvolumeprovidesfirstly
anhistoricaloverviewandacleardescriptiveaccountofthepsychopathologyofaspecificdisorderor
group of related disorders. These featuresthen form the basis for a thoroughcritical review of the
etiology,naturalhistory,management,preventionandimpactonlateradultadjustment.Whilsteach
volumeisthereforecompleteinitsownright,volumesalsorelatetoeachothertocreateaflexibleand
collectableseriesthatshouldappealtostudentsaswellasexperiencedscientistsandpractitioners.
Editorialboard
Serieseditor ProfessorIanM.GoodyerUniversityofCambridge
Associateeditors
ProfessorDonaldJ.Cohen DrRobertN.Goodman
YaleChildStudyCenter InstituteofPsychiatry,London
ProfessorBarryNurcombe ProfessorDrHelmutRemschmidt
TheUniversityofQueensland KlinikumderPhilipps-Universita¨t,Germany
ProfessorDrHermanvanEngeland DrFredR.Volkmar
AcademischZiekenhuisUtrecht YaleChildStudyCenter
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The depressed child
and adolescent
Second Edition
Editedby
Ian M. Goodyer
UniversityofCambridge
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This,thesecondeditionofThedepressedchildandadolescent,isdedicatedtothememoryof
WilliamParry-Jones,foundationProfessorofChildandAdolescentPsychiatryintheUniversityof
Glasgow,Scotland,whowastheinspirationfortheseries.Itwashisintentionthateveryvolumein
thisseriesshouldcontainachapterdetailingthehistoricalcomponentsofmentalandbehavioural
disordersofyoungpeople,therebyprovidingthereaderwithaninsightintosomeoftheoriginsof
currentthoughtonthetopic.Accordingly,Ihaveincludedhisoriginalchapterfromthefirstedition,
entitled‘Historicalaspectsofmoodanditsdisordersinyoungpeople’,whichremainsperhapsthe
most readable and comprehensive account of how affective disorders were viewed by our
predecessors.
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Contents
Listofcontributors ix
Preface xiii
IanGoodyer
1 Historicalaspectsofmoodanditsdisordersinyoungpeople 1
WilliamLl.Parry-Jones
2 Thedevelopmentofemotionalintelligence 24
MarkMeerumTerwogtandHedyStegge
3 Developmentalprecursorsofdepression:thechildandthesocial
environment 46
ElizabethMcCauley,KarenPavlidisandKimKendall
4 Physiologicalprocessesandthedevelopmentofchildhoodand
adolescentdepression 79
JeanneBrooks-Gunn,JessicaJ.Auth,AnneC.PetersenandBruceE.Compas
5 Childhooddepression:clinicalphenomenologyandclassification 119
IsraelKolvinandHartwinSadowski
6 Theepidemiologyofdepressioninchildrenandadolescents 143
AdrianAngoldandElizabethJ.Costello
7 Family–geneticaspectsofjuvenileaffectivedisorders 179
MichaelStrober
8 Lifeevents:theirnatureandeffects 204
IanM.Goodyer
9 Adolescentdepression:neuroendocrineaspects 233
StephenSokolovandStanKutcher
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10 Suicidalbehaviourinadolescents 267
ErikJandeWilde,InekeC.W.M.KienhorstandRene´ F.W.Diekstra
11 Psychopharmacologyofdepressivestatesinchildhoodandadolescence 292
EberhardSchulzandHelmutRemschmidt
12 Thepsychotherapeuticmanagementofmajordepressiveanddysthymic
disordersinchildhoodandadolescence:issuesandprospects 325
MariaKovacsandJoelT.Sherrill
13 Naturalhistoryofmooddisordersinchildrenandadolescents 353
RichardHarringtonandBernadkaDubicka
Index 382
Contributors
AdrianAngold ErikJandeWilde
DepartmentofPsychiatry FacultyofSocialandBehaviouralSciences
DukeUniversityMedicalCenter DepartmentofPsychology
Box3454 DivisionofClinicalandHealthPsychology
Durham,NC27710-3454 UniversityofLeiden
USA TheNetherlands
JessicaJ.Auth Rene´F.W.Diekstra
CenterforChildrenandFamilies PsychosocialDepartment
Teachers’College DepartmentofPaediatrics
NewYork,NY10027 UniversityofUtrecht
USA WilhelminaChildren’sHospital
POBox18009
JeanneBrooks-Gunn 3501CAUtrecht
CenterforChildrenandFamilies TheNetherlands
Teachers’College
NewYork,NY10027 BernadkaDubicka
USA UniversityDepartmentofChildPsychiatry
RoyalManchesterChildren’sHospital
BruceE.Compas Pendlebury
DepartmentofPsychology Manchester,M271HA
JohnDeweyHall UK
UniversityofVermont
Burlington,VT05405-0134 ProfessorIanM.Goodyer
USA SectionofDevelopmentalPsychiatry
DouglasHouse,18TrumpingtonRoad
ElizabethJ.Costello Cambridge,CB24AH
DepartmentofPsychiatry UK
DukeUniversityMedicalCenter
Box3454 RichardHarrington
Durham,NC27710-3454 UniversityDepartmentofChildPsychiatry
USA RoyalManchesterChildren’sHospital
Pendlebury
Manchester,M271HA
UK
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