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Depressive Disorders

Depressive Disorders Include:
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
  • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
  • Other unspecified depressive disorders and depressive disorders due to medications/substances/otherconditions
Depression is described as:
Depressed mood lasting every day for at least 2 weeks, with anhedonia in almost all domains of life.
SIGECAPS mnemonic:
  • S - Sleep disturbance
  • I - Interest deficit
  • G - Guilt, worthlessness, hopelessness, regret
  • E - Energy deficit
  • C - Concentration deficit
  • A -  Appetite disorder
  • P - Psychomotor retardation or agitation
  • S - Suicidality

Scales & Screening

CLINICIAN RATED
  • PHQ-9 modified for Adolescents [PHQ-A]—Adapted)
  • Beck Depression Inventory-II (Beck, Steere, & Brown, 1996)
  • Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale -- helps assess changes with medication
  • Mood & Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)
  • Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
  • Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) -- for middle-older adolescents
  • Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) -- for younger adolescents.
  • Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) and RCADS-25
  • Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R)
CHILD SELF-ASSESSMENT
  • Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale Modified for Children (CES-DC)
  • Multiscore Depression Inventory for Children (MDI-C) & Multiscore Depression Inventory for Adolescents and Adults (MDI)
  • Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (Kiddie-SADS)
  • Beck Depression Inventory-II (Beck, Steere, & Brown, 1996)
  • Zung Depression Inventory
  • Weinberg Depression Scale for Children and Adolescents (WDSCA)
  • Reynolds Child/Adolescent Depression Scales-RCDS (Child) & RADS-2 (Adolescent)
  • Children’s Depression Inventory 2 (CDI)
CAREGIVER ASSESSMENT (OF CHILD)
  • Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-P)
  • Mood & Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)
  • Depression (PROMIS Emotional Distress)
  • Children’s Depression Inventory 2 (CDI)
  • Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)
SUICIDE ASSESSMENT
  • Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS)
  • ENA's Suicide Risk Assessment
  • Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) (~$2/case, 12-18 yo)
  • Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) - adolescent
  • Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Second Version (MAYSI-2) for juvenile justice settings
  • Global Appraisal of Individual Needs – Short Screener (GAIN-SS) 
  • Risk Factors Form
  • School Mental Health Form - Suicide Ideation

Position Papers, Practice Parameters & Treatment Guidelines

Depression:
  • Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC)
  • AACAP's Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Depressive Disorders (2007)
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (March 2014) Draft Update Summary: "Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening."
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder:
  • National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health Women's Health Care Journal Clinical Supplement: Exploring Options in Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (2008)
​Suicidal Behavior, Suicide Risk Assessment:
  • AACAP's Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Suicidal Behavior (2001)
  • Behavioral Health Care National Patient Safety Goals The Joint Commission (2014). “Goal 15: Identify individuals at risk for suicide.”
  • Emergency Nursing Resources Development Committee, Emergency Nurses Association (2012). Clinical Practice Guideline for Suicide Risk Assessment.

Articles

  • Goldston, Mlock, Whitbeck, Murakami, Zayas, & Nagayama (2008). Cultural considerations in adolescent suicide prevention and psychosocial treatment. American Psychologist, 63, 1, 14-31.
  • Goldston, D, National Institute of Mental Health (2000).  Assessment of Suicidal Behaviors and Risk among Children and Adolescents.
  • Barbee, J. G. (1998). Mixed symptoms and syndromes of anxiety and depression: Diagnostic, prognostic, and etiologic issues. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 10:15–29.
  • Regier, D. A., Rae, D. S., Narrow, W. E., Kaelber, C. T., & Schatzberg, A. F. (1998). Prevalence of anxiety disorders and their comorbidity with mood and addictive disorders. British Journal of Psychiatry. Supplement, 34: 24–28.

Resources

Organizations

  • AACAP's Depression Resource Center
  • ADAA's overview on depression
  • AACAP's Facts for Families: The Depressed Child
  • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DSM V fact sheet)
  • CHADIS Webinar on Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
  • Antidepressant Skills Workbook
  • NIMH Antidepressant Medications for Children and Adolescents (patient education information)
  • Mood Disorders and Teenage Girls : Why girls are more vulnerable than boys for anxiety and depression, what signs and symptoms you should look for, and why early intervention is critical.
  • Treatment of Children with Mental Illness (Tratamiento de Niños con Enfermedades Mentales)
  • The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction: brochure describing the changes in the brain during the teen years and the significance of this stage of development.
  • GREAT videos for teens with depression and/or anxiety, by General Practices Service Committee
  • Suicide Prevention Resource Center
  • The Mighty page on Depression
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When working with journalists or representing hospital/clinic:
  • Consensus recommendations for reporting suicide
  • Reporting on Mental Health: Style Guide
  • Best practices for online technologies and bullying prevention/suicide
  • Safe messaging campaigns for suicide (Suicide Prevention Resource Center)
  • Suicide Prevention Lifeline -- NATIONAL -- 800-273-TALK (8255) Provides free 24/7 service for suicidal persons or those around them that need support, information, and local resources.
  • La Red Nacional para la Prevencion del Suicidio - 888-628-9454
  • Know the Signs
  • TeenHealth
  • Prevent the Attempt
  • Your Voice Counts
  • Erika's Lighthouse -- for adolescent depression
  • Freedom From Fear
  • The Balanced Mind (DBSA)
  • Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

Professional Organizations:
  • Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
  • American Association of Suicidology (AAS)

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