After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Identify the frequency of mood disorders in children and adolescents.
Identify the average duration of mood disorders in children and adolescents.
Identify the frequency of comorbidity in children and adolescents.
Discuss gender differences in mood disorders in adolescents.
Identify the psychosocial characteristics associated with both adult depression and depressed adolescents.
Identify the negative outcomes associated with adolescent depression.
Description:
This course examines two research articles written about adolescent depression. The first article, The Development of Depression in Children and Adolescents, present a developmental psychopathology conceptualization of the depressive disorders of childhood and adolescence. Such an approach espouses the viewpoint that to comprehend human development, it is essential to understand the integration of developmental processes at multiple levels of biological, psychological, and social complexity within individuals over the life course. Thus, multidisciplinary efforts to unify and integrate the advances that have taken place in the fields of developmental psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, epidemiology, sociology, neurobiology, genetics, and the neurosciences within a developmental psychopathology perspective are essential to address the critical issues involved in the development of depressive disorders.
The second article, Adolescent Psychopathology: II. Psychosocial Risk Factors for Depression, is one in a series reporting findings from the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project (OADP). The OADP consists of a large, randomly selected cohort of high school students (aged 14-18 years) who were assessed at two time points over a period of 1 year (Time 1 T1] and Time 2 T2]) using rigorous diagnostic criteria and a wide array of psychosocial measures. The article presents findings of a study of the psychosocial characteristics associated with current, past, and future episodes of depression during adolescence.
Approval Bodies:
Professional Development
American Psychological Association
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
National Board for Certified Counselors
Florida Board of Nursing
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, Expiration 03/31/2010
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
CAADAC, California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
California Board of Registered Nursing
Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Marriage and Family Therapist
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, 04/2010 to 03/2012
