RECOGNIZING SIGNS OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN CHILDREN
September 10, 2008
September 10, 2008
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Sept. 10 -- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey issued the following news release:
A child that is more bored, irritable or worried than usual, has difficulty concentrating, or is sleeping more could be experiencing symptoms of depression or anxiety, said Dr. Theodore Petti, MPH, professor of psychiatry at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
"Any major changes in the way a child is thinking or behaving should raise a red f . . .
A child that is more bored, irritable or worried than usual, has difficulty concentrating, or is sleeping more could be experiencing symptoms of depression or anxiety, said Dr. Theodore Petti, MPH, professor of psychiatry at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
"Any major changes in the way a child is thinking or behaving should raise a red f . . .