Teenage depression: If a parent doesn't get treatment for a child, is that abuse?
- Written by Michael Shapiro, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, University of Florida
Teenage depression is a serious and lonely illness, sometimes leading to suicide. fizkes/Shutterstock.com
Hospital visits for kids in the U.S. who have contemplated or thought about suicide have risen sharply.
As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, I am not surprised. For years, I ran a child psychiatric hospital, where we treat kids after they...
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