Until his passing in 2022, Dwight L. Evans, MD, was the Joseph and Madonna DiGiacomo Professor and Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also Chair of the Annenberg Foundation Adolescent Mental Health Commission on Depression and Bipolar Disorder and an editor of Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders. Over the course of his career, Dr. Evans received numerous awards for his work on mood disorders including the Klerman Award from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and the Beck Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.Moira A. Rynn, MD, is Chair for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. She is an expert in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders across the life span. Prior to joining Duke, Dr. Rynn was the Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute. Most recently, her career has focused on improving treatments for the pediatric population and young adults with treatment refractory anxiety disorders.Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former foreign correspondent, and author and coauthor of a dozen books, including Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention and ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know®. She has written about mental health for publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, and Knowable.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Understanding DepressionChapter 2: Treatment: PsychotherapyChapter 3: Treatment: MedicationChapter 4: Finding a ProviderChapter 5: Helping at HomeChapter 6: Sex, Drugs, and Social MediaChapter 7: Surviving SchoolChapter 8: Life after High SchoolChapter 9: Coping with CrisesConclusionGlossaryResourcesBibliographyAppendix