Stone N
San Fernando Valley Child Guidance Clinic, Northridge, CA 91325.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1993 Fall;24(1):13-24. doi: 10.1007/BF02353714.
Child guidance clinic cases were reviewed for abuse history, diagnosis, depressive symptoms, and suicidality. Many depressed abused children were found to have been previously diagnosed exclusively with conduct-related versus affect disorders. The results suggested that abused children are at specific risk of developing depression and suicidality and that a subgroup of those with early-onset depression may have acquired the disorder concurrent with parental abuse.
