Depression causes a lot of dysfunction in families. Only ten percent of patients suffering from depression are adequately treated. Depression in adolescents is often missed. We loose 5,000 adolescents a year because of suicide. Most of these kids have untreated depression.
Depression is a treatable illness.
Eighty-five percent of patients respond to medication. The initial 5,000 printed issues have been sold out. The updated second edition will be available in March, 1997. Table of Contents Diagnosis 1. When It Isn't Depression 1.