Depression in young people : developmental and clinical perspectives / edited by Michael Rutter, Carroll E. Izard, Peter B. Read.

New York ; London : Guilford Press, [1986], ©1986.

xvi, 550 pages ; 24 cm

I. Some developmental issues. The developmental psychopathology of depression : issues and perspectives / Michael Rutter. II. Developmental perspectives : theory and research. Patterns of emotion in depression / Carroll E. Izard and Gail M. Schwartz -- An organizational approach to childhood depression / Dante Cicchetti and Karen Schneider-Rosen -- Depressive feelings in children : a transactional model for research / Robert N. Emde, Robert J. Harmon, and William V. Good. III. Parental depression as a risk factor. Developmental issues in risk research : the offspring of affectively ill parents / Leon Cytryn ... [et al.] -- The need for the study of adaptation in the children of parents with affective disorders / William R. Beardslee -- Competence and vulnerability in children with an affectively disordered parent / Sheldon Weintraub, Ken C. Winters, and John M. Neale

IV. Risk indices and mechanisms. A learned helplessness perspective on childhood depression : theory and research / Martin E.P. Seligman and Christopher Peterson -- Long-term effects of early loss of parent / G.W. Brown, T.O. Harris, and A. Bifulco -- Developmental aspects of children's responses to the stress of separation and loss / Norman Garmezy -- The role of shame in depression / Helen Block Lewis -- Psychobiological markers : effects of age and puberty / Joaquim Puig-Antich -- Developmental factors in child and adolescent suicide / David Shaffer. V. Methods and measurement. Developmental issues in the classification of depression in children / Gabrielle A. Carlson and Judy Garber -- A developmental perspective on methods and measures in the assessment of depressive disorders : the clinical interview / Maria Kovacs. VI. Some outstanding issues. When is a case a case? / Leon Eisenberg -- Stress, development, and family interaction / Judy Dunn -- Depressive feelings, cognitions, and disorders : a research postscript / Michael Rutter.

Includes bibliographies and indexes