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More Than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression

by Harold Koplewicz

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A leading child and adolescent psychiatrist discusses the growing problem of teenage depression in America, offering helpful guidelines for parents on how to recognize the difference between normal teenage angst and true depression.

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Harold Koplewicz

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Genre: Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 616.85 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Diseases, Allergies, Skin Conditions Nervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCD Miscellaneous
LCC: RJ506 .D4 .K67 — Medicine Pediatrics Pediatrics Diseases of children and adolescents Mental disorders. Child psychiatry
BISAC: FAM FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Parenting General
FIC FICTION General

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 2
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Published: 2002
Genre: Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 616.85
LCC: RJ506 .D4 .K67

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Harold Koplewicz

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