PSA Child Depression – For my SPED 500 class.

 

Are your kids SAD? Seasonal Affective Disorder difficult to treat in children

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In the early 1980s Dr. Norman Rosenthal, formerly from sunny South Africa, became a pioneer in the field of chronobiology. Rosenthal, then affiliated with the National Institutes of Health, noticed that during the winter months he became depressed and …
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Brief Tools Effectively Diagnose Depression in Young Moms

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"With a wider recognition of the high frequency of postpartum depression among teenage mothers and increasing evidence of the deleterious effects of postpartum depression on maternal and child health, routine screening as part of postpartum care is …
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Discipline is education, not punishment

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… are opposed. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has called for a ban on smacking, saying physically punishing children increases the risk of future mental health problems, including depression and a tendency to adopt aggressive behaviour.
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