Running head: PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSED STUDENTS


Psychological Treatment for Depressed Students
Amy A. Zieman
Monmouth University

Psychological Treatment for Depressed Students
Depression in school-age children may be one of the most overlooked and undertreated psychological disorders of childhood, presenting a serious mental health problem. Depression in children has become an important issue in research due to its many emotional forms, and its relationship to self-destructive behaviors. Depressive disorders are of particular importance to school psychologists, who are often placed in the best position to identify, refer, and treat depressed children. Procedures need to be developed to identify depression in students to avoid allowing those children struggling with depression to go undetected. Depression is one of the most treatable forms of disorders, with an 80-90% chance of improvement if individuals receive treatment (Dubuque, 1998). On the other hand,......

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Title: Therapy For Depressed Children
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