%0 Journal Article
%T Depressive disorder in Children
%A Subhash C. Bhargava
%A Sujata Sethi
%J Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
%D 2005
%I Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
%X Background: Depressive disorder is common in children yet remains under diagnosed due to thefact that the children differ from the adults in the presentation and symptomatology.Methods: Thirty two children diagnosed MDD as per DSM IV criteria were compared withtwenty adult patients diagnosed as MDD by similar criteria. Comparison was made onsymptomatology, socio-demographic variables and family history of Affective disorders.Results: A non-significant difference between the two groups was seen.Conclusions: Awareness and possibly sensitive criteria are needed to detect the cases of mild tomoderate depression in children.
%K Depression
%K children
%K and somatic symptoms
%U http://www.jiacam.org/0103/Jiacam05_3_4.pdf