Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention

Abstract

Reviews the book, Depression in parents, parenting, and children: Opportunities to improve identification, treatment, and prevention edited by M. J. England and L. J. Sim (see record 2009-10867-000). The high prevalence of adult depression is well known, yet how it affects parents and parenting is often overlooked in practice. It is estimated that 15.6 million children in the USA have been living with a parent who had depression in the past year. The book starts with key conclusions before presenting the evidence in detail, with chapters on aetiology, screening, treatment and prevention of depression in parents. The authors promote an ideal two-generation model of early intervention in parental depression. This book will be essential reading for clinicians working in the fields of perinatal psychiatry or parental mental health, and will be of interest to anyone working with children who are living with parents suffering from depression. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)