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Based on the latest scientific findings, a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of teenage depression.Each year thousands of American teenagers are diagnosed with clinical depression. If ignored, poorly treated, or left untreated, it can be a devastating illness for adolescents and their families. Drawing on her many years of experience as a pychiatrist working with teenagers, Dr. Maureen Empfield answers the questions parents and teens have about depression, providing detailed information on:*Identifying the different types of depression*How depression is diagnosed*Which teenagers are most at risk*Suicide*The effect of depression on other teenage problems*How depression is treated and by whom*The drugs used to treat teenage depression - what they are and how they work*When a teenager needs to be hospitalized for depression*and moreUnderstanding Teenage Depression provides the latest scientific findings on this serious condition, and the most up to date information on its treatment.