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Depression recommended reading

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Published: September 28, 2022
Last updated: June 23, 2023

Depression books

  • Depressed Child: A Parent’s Guide for Rescuing Kids, Douglas A. Riley
  • Help me, I’m sad: Recognizing, Treating and Preventing Childhood Depression and Adolescent Depression, David G. Fassler and Lynne S Dumas
  • Raising Depression-Free Children: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention and Early Intervention Kathleen Panula Hockey
  • The Childhood Depression Sourcebook, Jeffrey A. Miller
  • Lonely, Sad & Angry: How to Help Your Unhappy Child, Barbara D. Ingersoll

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Depression often occurs alongside other mental health conditions such as anxiety and eating disorders. For more information on other mental health conditions that can occur alongside depression, please visit our other mental health guides.

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Crisis Resources

If your child expresses thoughts of wanting to harm themselves or others, call 9-1-1 or visit the nearest emergency department.

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline:

Call 9-8-8

Text any message to 9-8-8

Chat online at 988lifeline.org/chat

Crisis Text Line:

Text “HOME” to 741741

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External resources

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
www.nimh.nih.gov/

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