Dr. Marcel Lebrun is a professor of education at Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, and teaches classes in special education, counseling, learning disabilities, and emotional behavior disorders. He has worked with teachers, students, and school communities for many years.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Who Are These Individuals?Chapter 2 Depression Unmasked: A Look Into Their Inner WorldChapter 3 Causes of DepressionChapter 4 Observations, Symptoms, and ChecklistsChapter 5 Prevalence: What Do the Statistics Say?Chapter 6 Assessments: How Is Depression Measured and Reported?Chapter 7 What Is Influencing Youth Today?Chapter 8 Sexual Orientation and DepressionChapter 9 Personnel Needed for SupportChapter 10 What Teachers Can DoChapter 11 What Parents Can DoChapter 12 Strategies to Consider for Depression in the ClassroomChapter 13 Relationship of Depression to Other DisordersChapter 14 Self-Help Measures for Depressed StudentsChapter 15 Medications and TherapiesChapter 16 Online Depression, Warning Signs, and InterventionsChapter 17 Suicide: Warning Signs and InterventionsChapter 18 Thirteen Guidelines to SuccessChapter 19 A Personal View of DepressionChapter 20 Epilogue: Looking to the FutureChapter 21 References

[Lebrun] describes the types of depression and their relative incidence, the inner world of the student with depression, causes, symptoms, prevalence, assessments, influences such as sexual orientation, what teachers and parents can do for students, what students can do for themselves, medications and therapies, 'online depression,' signs of impending suicide, and future possibilities for diagnosis and treatment. He includes sample checklists.