Title:
DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE: PECULIARITIES AND PROBLEMS OF TAKING CARE. A LITERATURE REVIEW

Authors:
Aldo Diavoletto, Franca Bottiglieri, Marianna Sessa and Loredana Pellegrino

Abstract:
Depressive disorders in developmental age represent a significant healthcare challenge, both for the growing prevalence and for the clinical and psychosocial peculiarities. This issue is connected to the problem of emotional dysregulation in childhood and adolescence and to the problem of suicidal risk. The authors describe the characteristics of depression in childhood and adolescence reporting the state of the art with respect to the current needs of care and therapy with reference also to pharmacological therapy.

Keywords:
depression, taking care, emotion dysregulation, child and adolescent

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2024.7505

Date of Publication: 25-09-2024