Childhood Depression: A Critique of the Concept.

Lefkowitz, Monroe M.; Burton, Nancy

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ERIC Number: EJ190972

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978

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Childhood Depression: A Critique of the Concept.

Lefkowitz, Monroe M.; Burton, Nancy

Psychological Bulletin, v85 n4 p716-26 Jul 1978, Jul78

This critique focuses on the concept of early childhood depression as an independent constellation of symptoms, and also discusses the concept that putative symptoms of depression observed clinically are merely transitory developmental phenomena that dissipate as a function of time. (MP)

Descriptors: Children, Clinical Psychology, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Problems, Literature Reviews

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Language: English

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