Help me, I'm Sad - Hardcover

Fassler, David G.; Dumas, Lynne S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670865478 ISBN 13: 9780670865475

Publisher: Viking, 1997

Synopsis

"Help Me, I'm Sad" explains with wisdom and empathy how parents can play a vital role in helping a child overcome, and often preventing, depression. It discusses: how to tell if your child is at riskhow to spot sympotmsdepression's link with other problems and its imact on the familyteen suicidefinding the right diagnosis, therapist, and treatmentwhen or if you should take your child to a specialistwhat you can do to helpAbove all, it reveals how to avoid depression by building a child's emotional adaptability through what the authors call "parenting for resiliency."For parents who have--or suspect they may have--a depressed child or adolescent, here is an expert reassuring mine practical, easy-to-understand information.

About this title

Synopsis:

Explains how to recognize and treat depression in children and teenagers, with information on symptoms, depression's link with other problems, depression's impact on the family, and teen suicide. Tells how to find the right diagnosis, therapist, and treatment, and how to avoid depression by building a child's emotional adaptability through "parenti

About the Author:

David G. Fassler, M.D., practices child and adolescent psychiatry in Burlington, Vermont, where he is clinical director of Otter Creek Associates. He is also the chief of child and adolescent psychiatry for Choate Health Systems in Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0670865478
• ISBN 13: 9780670865475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224