Characteristics of adolescent depression
| Autor: | Nic Ward, Morian Roberts, Marie Crowe, Bronwyn Dunnachie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Psychiatric Nursing Interpersonal communication Irritability Severity of Illness Index Severity of illness medicine Humans Psychiatry Child Disease burden Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Depressive Disorder Major Mental health Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Female Pshychiatric Mental Health medicine.symptom Descriptive research Psychology Seriousness Clinical psychology New Zealand |
| Zdroj: | International journal of mental health nursing. 15(1) |
| ISSN: | 1445-8330 |
| Popis: | Depression is a common psychiatric disorder that is acknowledged to be increasing in disease burden. The rates of adolescent depression is particularly concerning as they continue to increase. The seriousness and pervasive effects of depression on young people's lives supports the view that research that extends the knowledge in this area is vital. This is a descriptive study of the characteristics of depression in a sample of 121 adolescents attending an outpatient specialist adolescent mental health service in New Zealand. The adolescents were required to complete two self-report measures to assess presence of depressive symptoms, severity of depression, and particular characteristics of the depression. The findings revealed that irritability was the most common characteristic along with other interpersonal and thought processing symptoms. It is important that mental health nurses are able to identify the specific characteristics of adolescent depression that may differ from adult depression in order to manage this patient population effectively. |
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