Chapter Five focuses on concepts, treatments, and prevention of adolescent depression, such as using music and songs that relate specifically to adolescents. This book also contains sufficient background material and clinical examples to orient beginners to this subject. This source provides a review of the empirical basis for the diagnosis of depression in children along with detailed information on how to execute this assessment. It gives examples of treatment programs, including music therapy, used with a large number of children. The variety and complexity of the manifestation of depression in childhood and adolescence is described.
Depression is considered as much a disorder of childhood as of adulthood.
This book is a great resource for those who want to control their depression or monitor it themselves. It tells how to develop relaxation skills, increase enjoyable activities, and minimize depressive thoughts. Music Therapists can use this book to help evaluate the depth of the person's depression and to create activities that, when added to music, can serve as helpful tools in the therapy sessions. This book states that depression is handled differently by different genders and different personality types. It describes varying response styles of the different genders and their personalities.