PEP | Article - Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. XVII, 1978: Depression in Hospitalized Child Psychiatry Patients. Approaches to Measuring Depression. Theodore A. Petti. Pp. 49-59.

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Abstract

Depression in childhood remains a controversial issue in psychiatry. This paper reviews the present heterogeneous approach to defining depression in children and attempts a critical discussion of scales that have been proposed to diagnose depression and measure changes in its course. Scales which have statistically significant agreement with each other and/or with the clinician's impression of depression are detailed, and those measuring related phenomena are presented. Directions for future research are also provided.

PEP | Article - Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. XVII, 1978: Depression in Hospitalized Child Psychiatry Patients. Approaches to Measuring Depression. Theodore A. Petti. Pp. 49-59. - The Psychoanalytic Quarterly