Developmental risk of depression: experience matters

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2012 Apr;21(2):261-78, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2011.12.001.

Abstract

This article focuses on discussing risks for depression onset and the role of environmental factors in promoting resilience in children and adolescents. The authors review the current literature on specific (eg, family history of depression) and nonspecific (eg, poverty, stressful life events) risk factors for youth depression to underscore the need for prevention efforts promoting resiliency in this population.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Adolescent
  • Bereavement
  • Child
  • Child Abuse, Sexual
  • Child of Impaired Parents
  • Cognition Disorders / complications
  • Depressive Disorder / genetics
  • Depressive Disorder / psychology*
  • Developmental Disabilities / genetics
  • Developmental Disabilities / psychology*
  • Gene-Environment Interaction
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Pedigree
  • Poverty
  • Resilience, Psychological
  • Risk Factors
  • Self Concept
  • Social Isolation
  • Stress, Psychological / complications
  • Violence