Depressive Illness: Problems of Diagnosis in Children and Blacks.

Davenport, Yolande B.

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ERIC Number: EJ125260

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Publication Date: 1975

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Depressive Illness: Problems of Diagnosis in Children and Blacks

Davenport, Yolande B.

Integrated Education, 13, 5, 19-23, Sep-Oct 75

Asserts that two groups of patients mis-diagnosed and under-diagnosed for the depressive disorders have been children and adolescents, and blacks; considers some denominations common to both groups; and discusses the significance of recognition and appropriate diagnosis in an era of rapid treatment advances, it is stated. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Bias, Blacks, Child Development, Children, Mental Disorders, Psychiatry, Psychological Evaluation, Psychological Patterns, Withdrawal (Psychology)

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