Subthreshold symptoms of depression in preadolescent girls are stable and predictive of depressive disorders

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1433-1442

  Keenan, Kate ^a   Hipwell, Alison ^b   Feng, Xin ^b   Babinski, Dara ^b   Hinze, Amanda ^b   Rischall, Michal ^b   Henneberger, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Depression; DSM IV; Girls; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 57749181076     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181886eab     Document Type: Article

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