Adolescent depression: Help your patient emerge from the darkness.

摘要

Last month, we introduced you to 15-year-old Jane, a teenager whose once bubbly personality had in the last few months been reduced to a mood of quiet sadness. Her responses to your questions were muted, unenthusias-tic. While Jane gets to school every day and can often shake off her down mood when she's with friends, her responses to the Kutcher Adolescent Depression scale suggest that she's struggling. You conclude that Jane is experiencing an episode of mild depressive disorder.How would you manage Jane's case? And what would you do if her symptoms worsened?