Epidemiologic studies indicate that severe and disabling mood disorders affect one
in forty children and one in twelve adolescents at any point in time. Suicide, a frequent
complication of a serious mood disorder, is the third most common cause of death in
adolescents. These statistics indicate that mood disorders are tragically common and
potentially fatal conditions affecting our youth. What is particularly disturbing
about these findings is that mood disorders of children, in contrast to most other
pediatric disorders, are poorly understood, under-diagnosed and therefore inadequately
treated.
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