Depression in the Young: What We Can Do to Help Them

by Trudy Carlson

Based on the wrenching and unexpected suicide death of her son Ben at age fourteen, Minnesota author and lecturer Trudy Carlson discusses depressive illness in young people and explains aspects of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964244357
• ISBN13: 9780964244351
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Benline Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Dangerous if untreated . . .

Depression is often misunderstood and misdiagnosed in young people; the popular thinking probably being "what have they got to be depressed about?" Yet you have only to pick up a newspaper to see the devastating effects of undiagnosed and untreated depression on young persons today. This is a good, helpful book! Compact in size and plainly written (I get bogged down in most medically written books) by a parent and former educator, this guide shows teachers and parents how to recognize even mild cases of depression; shows how to get treatment, and explains methods of coping and caring.There's an old saying that parenthood should come with an instruction manual. Maybe it should come with this book, too.