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About the Author |
| Barbara D. Ingersoll, Ph.D. has devoted over thirty years to treating children with psychological problems and counseling their families. She is the clinical director of Montgomery Child and Family Health Services in Bethesda, Maryland, where she lives. She is the author of the best-selling Your Hyperactive Child, and with Sam Goldstein, of Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities.
Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. is on the faculty of the University of Utah and has co-authored other books in the Seven Steps Series: Seven Steps to Homework Success and Seven Steps to Help Your Child Worry Less. |
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Summary
All children experience occasional feelings of loneliness, sadness, and anger. However, when these feelings are so strong and so prolonged that they appear to overwhelm the child, the possibility of depression must be considered. Readers of this comprehensive book by nationally -known experts, Drs. Ingersoll and Goldstein, will have the tools to help children who suffer from feelings of social isolation and depression.
Contents
Preface
One: What Is Childhood Depression?
Two: What Else Can Go Wrong?
Three: Is My Child Depressed?
Four: What Causes Depression?
Five: What Can We Do About It?
Six: What Else Can We Do About It?
Seven: What Should We do in a Crisis?
Eight: How Can the Family Help?
Nine: What Can the Teacher Do?
Ten: What Lies Ahead?
Appendix A: Childhood History Form
Appendix B: Where to Get Help
Appendix C: A Fun Things To Do Schedule
Appendix D: Depression Symptom Checklist
Notes
Index
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