Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Cecilia Ahmoi Essau is a Senior Lecturer for Clinical Psychology and Head of the Department of Developmental Psychopathology at Bremen University, Germany. Franz Petermann is Chairman of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Center of Rehabilitation Research at Bremen University, Germany.

Professors Essau and Petermann have successfully achieved their goal of providing a comprehensive and scholarly overview of depressive disorders in children and adolescents. The authors are all in the forefront of this rapidly growing area of empirically and clinically important research. A very valuable addition to the literature,t his book is a must-read for clinicians.