A sound, reassuring guide explains how parents can tell if their children are at risk for depression; how to spot symptoms; depression's link with other problems and its impact on the family; and how to treat it. 15,000 first printing. Tour.
David G. Fassler, M.D. practices psychiatry in Burlington, Vermont, where he is clinical director of Otter Creek Associates. He is also the chief of child and adolescent psychiatry for the Choate Health Systems in Massachusetts. He is a frequent guest on Good Morning, America and is regularly cited in such major magazines as Family Circle, Woman?s Day, and Health.