The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as ...

Understanding And Dealing With Depression (ages 6 to 12 yrs. old) ... Developmental events (e.g. early childhood stressors, learned helplessness, object loss)

Child and Adolescent Depression ... Childhood and adolescent depression: a review of the past 10 years. Part I. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996;

Childhood depression fact sheet ... Childhood Depression Awareness Day is sponsored by the ; National Mental Health Association.

While recognition of childhood depression is growing, much of the attention and focus is on teenagers 15 years and above.

Causes of Childhood Depression ... While I was studying to be a teacher a few years ago, I gave a presentation on childhood depression to my classmates, many of whom had been teachers for years.

Koplewicz, Benoit, and Dolgan agree that childhood depression is -- like adult depression -- a brain disorder brought on by changes in the chemistry of the brain.

Childhood Depression: Matter of Life or Death ... While it is easy to blame childhood depression on 21st century life -- too much stress, too little "quality time" for families, too much exposure

Learn the symptoms that signal depression in children and how childhood depression differs from normal sadness. ... Recognizing Childhood Depression and Anxiety

Browse practical and research-based articles on childhood depression in young children and teens. Includes advice and information on childhood depression symptoms, teen depression symptoms and more.