© 2002 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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The Depressed Child and Adolescent (2nd edn)
Bell House Clinic, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2SB, Channel Islands, UK
EDITED BY SIDNEY CROWN and ALAN LEE
Edited by Ian M. Goodyer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2001. 388 pp. £39.95 (pb). ISBN 0 521 79426 9
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This is the second edition of a book first published 7 years ago.
Twenty-seven distinguished authors review research findings in a wide range of
13 subjects, including the developmental precursors of depression,
physiological and family and genetic factors, mood regulation, clinical
phenomenology and psychopharmacology. Comorbidity is discussed, especially in
relation to anxiety disorders, and there are interesting short accounts of
some possible relationships between depressive and bipolar disorders and
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders. Obsessive—compulsive
disorder, another condition with striking cognitive and mood components that
sometimes responds to antidepressant medication, might be mentioned in future
editions, especially as there is an interesting chapter on the development of
emotional intelligence. The chapter on psychotherapy points out the need for
more interventions to be designed for this age group rather than adapted from
work with adults, for a fuller understanding of risk and predisposing factors
and for more outcome studies. It would be nice to think also that future
editions might have more studies of psychosocial interventions available to
review. However, this edition is comprehensive, within the limits of the
research work available. It is accessibly written and I strongly recommend it
as a complement to more clinically focused
books.
The book begins with a chapter on the history of the subject by William Parry-Jones, who was the inspiration for the series in which it appears, and this volume is dedicated to his memory.
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