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    This document discusses depression in children and adolescents. It notes that depression causes symptoms like sadness, loss of interest, feelings of guilt, sleep/appetite changes, tiredness and poor concentration. Depression can be long-lasting or recurrent and impair functioning. Symptoms in children differ from adults and include physical complaints, academic decline, irritability, crying and social isolation. The document provides guidance on examining children for depression through observations, interviews about mood and behavior, and assessing thoughts. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing emotions.

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    This document discusses depression in children and adolescents. It notes that depression causes symptoms like sadness, loss of interest, feelings of guilt, sleep/appetite changes, tiredness and poor concentration. Depression can be long-lasting or recurrent and impair functioning. Symptoms in children differ from adults and include physical complaints, academic decline, irritability, crying and social isolation. The document provides guidance on examining children for depression through observations, interviews about mood and behavior, and assessing thoughts. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing emotions.

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    DEPRESSION IN

    CHILDREN AND
    ADOLESCENTS
    Child Nodal centre
    Institute of mental health and neurosciences
    Kashmir
    Psychosocial programme UNICEF

    NASIR GEELANI
    WHAT IS DEPRESSION
     Depression is a mood state characterized by of sadness,
    loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self
    worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, feelings of tiredness,
    and poor concentration.

     Depression can be long lasting or recurrent.

     It can substantially impair an individual’s ability to


    function at work or school or cope with daily life.

     At it’s most severe, depression can lead to suicide.


    DEPRESSION IN CHILDREN
    How is it different from adults and how to recognize?

     The symptoms and duration of depression in


    children is very different from that of adults

     The co morbidities with other disorders is very


    high
    SYMPTOMS IN CHILDHOOD
    Markers
     Physical complaints
     Academic decline
     School absenteeism
     Irritability, complaining
     Unexplained crying
     Social isolation
     Poor communication
     Extreme rejection sensitivity
     Difficulty in relationships
     Substance abuse
    WHEN TO SUSPECT?

    Mood
    Anxiety age
    Regression gender
    Academic difficulties family
    Aggression development
    Technology use
    HOW TO EXAMINE

     Observations to be made throughout interaction

     Verbal interviewing

     Behavior + thought + feelings


    VERBAL INTERVIEWING
    Sadness
     Do you feel sad?

     How often do you feel sad?

     When do you feel sad?

     How bad does it get?

     What is the worst it has ever been?

     How long does it last?

     When you feel sad, what do you feel like doing?

     When you feel sad, is there anything that helps you to feel better?
     How often do you cry?

     When you feel like crying, what comes to your mind?


     Irritability
     When you first open your eyes in the morning, how do you feel?

     How often do you feel irritated?

     What does it take for you to feel irritated?

     When you feel irritated, how long do you feel like that?

     Is there anything that makes the irritated feeling go away?

     When do you lose your temper?

     What happens when you lose your temper?

     Do you ever feel like hurting yourself or someone else?

     Do you ever feel like breaking/damaging things?


    BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION
     •Physical appearance Cooperative behavior

     •Gait & posture Psychomotor activity

     •Exploratory behavior Involuntary movements

     •Playfulness Behavioral evidence of emotion

     •Relatedness Repetitious activity

     •Eye contact Disturbances of attention

     •Behavioral organization Speech


    ACTIVITY

     Recognizing Basic human emotions and being able to


    name them.

     Trainees will be given cards with pictures of different


    human emotions and they have to name them.

     This will help them teach children how to recognize


    basic human emotions accurately.
    THOUGHTS
     Giving participants sheets , where they have to
    write their thoughts about some events.

     The sheets will have incomplete sentences about


    their day to day life and a pictorial space “called
    thought bubble “ where they will write their
    thoughts.

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