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• Childhood depression is often co-morbid with mental disorders outside of other mood disorders; most commonly anxiety disorder and conduct disorder. Depression also tends to run in families. • Psychologists have developed different treatments to assist children and adolescents suffering from depression • though the legitimacy of the diagnosis of childhood depression as a psychiatric disorder, as well as the efficacy of various methods of assessment and treatment, remains controversial.
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Depression in childhood and adolescence is similar to adult major depressive disorder, young sufferers may exhibit increased irritability or aggressive and selfdestructive behavior, the all-encompassing sadness associated with adult forms of depression. Children who are under stress, experience loss, or have attention, learning, behavioral, or anxiety disorders are at a higher risk for depression.