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ASHLEY TAYLOR JOURNAL REVIEW 1 Title of Journal Depression in Children and Adolescents Article American Family Physician Title of Journal American Family Physician Volume 62 Date 11/15/2000 Page Number(s) all _____Poor ______Fair
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__*__Very Good _____Excellent To me this article wasn’t hard to read but also wasn’t easy to read. But I was able to follow along. Although
I am not extremely familiar with the terms relating to depression I ways able to continue reading and find out definitions
for words I did not understand. Depression in different ages of adolescents/children as well as appropriate ways to treat
each age/type of depression. This article explains that depression is found at all levels and ages of childhood. It
explains that there are many variables that aid in the role of depression in children.
This article explains the causes, signs/symptoms associated with, and different treatment options of depression Identify and attempt to explain three (3) terms, procedures or concepts that were unfamiliar
to you when reviewing this article. First of all I didn’t realize how big of an issue childhood depression really is,
or that depression really even affected children, maybe I’m na………………………ive.
With that said 3 things that I am unfamiliar with are: 1.
Dysthymic disorder: which is categorized in table 1 as “Depressed/irritable mood
for most of the day, for more days than not (by subjective account or observation by others) for one year, including the presence
of two of the following symptoms: Poor appetite/overeating Insomnia/hypersomnia Low energy or fatigue Poor concentration/difficulty
making decisions felling of hopelessness” 2. I have also never heard of the pediatric
checklist. Which is explained right under figure one as: “The Pediatric
Symptom Checklist is a 35-item checklist designed to be filled out by parents of six- to 12-year-old children to assess their
impressions of their children's psychosocial function.” 3. I also didn’t realize how many different types of depression disorders that there were; examples:
Sadness variation,
Bereavement, Sadness problem, Adjustment disorder with depressed mood, Major depressive disorder, Dysthymic disorder, Bipolar
I disorder, most recent episode depressed, Bipolar II disorder, recurrent major depressive episodes with hypomanic episodes. Detail the strengths/weaknesses of this article. I think that the article was strong in all the knowledge and information that it portrayed. This article really informed me on a lot of things that I was unaware of. However, its weakness is part of its strength; in that although it explained all the important childhood
depression issues, I think that for a lot of people that may read this, example a parent with a depressed child, may get lost
in the advanced terminology. Although it is necessary to use these terms in this
article, may “dumbing” it down so that everyone can understand it, and not just students in the medical field
or with any medical background. This article will be helpful for me in the fact that I plan on having children one day
and have informed me on things to look for and ways to help childhood depression. Also
I want to work in pediatrics once I graduate, so it has opened my eyes to a lot. Yes there are multiple references at the bottom of the article. Your Name: Ashley Taylor
Date: 01/30/2007
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