Lit Review 3 Bhatia

Bhatia, Shashi K. , Subhash C Bhatia. (2007). Childhood and Adolescent Depression. American Family Physician, 75(1), 73-80. Retrieved February 25, 2008, from Research Library database. (Document ID: 1191937891).

Shashi and Subhash Bhatia’s Child and Adolescent Depression, is a very informative one. Topics like treatment, suicidal factors, and screening/diagnosing are all covered. Most interesting though is the screening/diagnosing. Most doctors think that a regular screening of children is good for detecting depression early and the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) allows you to evaluate children. Diagnosing is very hard. Every other disease anomaly has to be ruled out before actual major depression disorder (MDD) is diagnosed. There are many forms of milder cases of depression that are more commonly seen like dysthymic disorder and atypical depression but none are as serious as MDD.
They discuss that suicidal factors are risks associated with these drugs and also how these disorders are generally treated. First off, they suggest that if the patient has multiple risk factors already that drugs should be used alongside psychotherapy. The drug treatment plan that is most preferred is on that starts off at a low dosage to get you body use to the medication; followed by a higher dosage generally used to take away the depression; and finally another period of lower dosages to wean the body off the medications. This process should be followed up by regular doctor visits to prove that they have, in fact, done their job.