Depression in childhood
Key points
- Reluctance to attend school and excessive clinging to parents may be symptoms of depression.
- Poor academic performance or a change in scholastic achievement as well as behavioural problems such as substance abuse, sexual promiscuity and running away from home may be despressive symptoms in adolescence.
Reluctance to attend school and excessive clinging to parents may be symptoms of depression.
Poor academic performance or a change in scholastic achievement as well as behavioural problems such as substance abuse, sexual promiscuity and running away from home may be despressive symptoms in adolescence.
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Gerald Hurowitz, M.D.
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