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Depression in Pediatric Illness

Patrick Burke

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Depression is a major complication of medical illness in adults and is increasingly being recognized as a complication of pediatric illness. The author reviews issues in the assessment and diagnosis of depression in pediatric illness and reviews recent studies on the prevalence of and risk factors for depression in different illnesses. Pediatric illness may be a major stressor that precipitates depression in children vulnerable because of life events, family dysfunction, or predisposition to affective illness.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 15, No. 4, 486-500 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/01454455910154003
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