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Depression - Services & Other Resources
Information & Support
For Parents and Patients
Child Mental Health (Medline Plus)
Children's Mental Health Resource List (Mental Health America)
Facts About Childhood Depression (NAMI)
Major Depression in Children and Adolescents (SAMHSA)
Mental Health America
National non-profit organization, with numerous local affiliates, dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier
lives.
National Institute of Mental Health
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health menu for National Institute of Mental Health.
Teen Mental Health (Medline Plus)
Understanding Depression (Kidshealth)
Support
NAMI Utah
Utah Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness; provides advocacy, and information about mental illnesses.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Provides information about mental illnesses, links to state chapters, information about conferences, and links to additional
resources.
For Professionals
Depression Resource Center (AACAP)
Information for clinicians and families, including FAQs, information on brochures (“Facts for Families”), books, videos, practice
parameters, research, and getting help for depression; from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Guidelines for Management of Depressive Disorders, Texas Department of State Health Services
These guidelines reflect the state of knowledge, current at the time of publication, on effective and appropriate care, as
well as clinical consensus judgements when knowledge is lacking. These guidelines (algorithms) do not apply to all patients,
and each must be adapted and tailored to each individual patient. Proper use, adaptation modifications or decisions to disregard
these or other guidelines, in whole or in part, are entirely the responsibility of the clinician who uses the guidelines.
Youth Depression in the Primary Care Setting
Depression in children and adolescents is a debilitating, serious illness with acute and chronic mortality and morbidity which
most often presents in the primary care setting. This presentation by Lisa L. Giles, M.D. will review evidence-based guidelines
for the effective assessment, diagnosis and treatment of youth depressive disorders in the primary care setting.
Tools
Depression Scale for Children (Bright Futures)
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37 KB)
free depression screening tool for ages 12-18 (Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale for Children); 6th grade
reading level; 20 items; 5-10 minutes to complete.
Beck Depression Inventory-II (Pearson Assessments)
ages 14 and older; 6th grade reading level, Spanish version available; 21 items, 5 to 10 minutes to complete.
Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D)
( 171 KB)
free short depression scoring tool for ages 14 years and older, 6th grade reading level.
Depression Tool Kit (MacArthur Foundation Initiative on Depression and Primary Care)
Designed for primary care practices to help in the diagnosis and management of maternal depression; contains screening tools,
patient handouts, medication information, resources, and references and includes the 9-question Public Health Questionnaire
(PHQ-9). Available for download upon agreement to terms.
MHS Psychological Assessments and Services
Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) may be purchased and downloaded from this website.
PAR, Inc.
Reynolds Child Depression Scale may be purchased and downloaded from this website.
Patient Health Questionnaire 9
This is a validated, quick, and free screening tool for depression to be used by primary care providers.
Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (PAR, Inc.)
screening instrument for depressive symptomatology in adolescents; purchasable from this site.
Reynolds Child Depression Scale (PAR, Inc.)
Screen for depressive symptoms in grades 3-6, available for purchase.
Services
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