期刊名称：Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
电子版ISSN：0973-1342
出版年度：2005
卷号：1
期号：3
出版社：Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
摘要：Background: Depressive disorder is common in children yet remains under diagnosed due to the
fact 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 with
twenty adult patients diagnosed as MDD by similar criteria. Comparison was made on
symptomatology, 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 to
moderate depression in children.
