Depressed Child

A discussion of the thinking patterns and beliefs that almost always underlie depression in children and teenagers. Dr Douglas Riley emphasizes how parents can talk to their children about what they are thinking and feeling, and considers the treatment options from counselling to medication.

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By emphasizing how parents can talk to their children about thoughts and feelings, exploring how children develop negative beliefs about themselves, and teaching parents how to help their children change those hopeless self-perceptions, Dr. Douglas A. Riley outlines practical methods that parents and children together can use to find solutions to the dark thoughts that plague so many young people today.