We Can No Longer Ignore Depression in Our Children

The point is that you must do something. As parents, putting our heads in the sand is not a viable option. One of the best things to do, but often the toughest from a parenting standpoint, is to take your child in for an evaluation where a specialist can make an assessment. “An assessment will determine if it really is a depressive disorder or if another disorder better represents what is going on,” says Stephen Hupp, PhD, professor of Clinical Child and School Psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.