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Depressive states in 11 psychiatrically hospitalized preschoolers: Investigation and review

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This paper presents an exploratory analysis of depressive presentations in 11 psychiatrically hospitalized preschoolers. Each patient's symptom profile and DSM-III diagnosis is documented, and associated phenomena including relationship factors, traumatizations, family psychiatric history, DST response and physical developmental problems are reviewed to identify variables which may have influenced the development or expression of the depressed state.

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  1. Perihan A. Rosenthal MD (Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry)

    Present address: Division of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, USA

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  1. Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, 1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway, 02915, East Providence, RI

    Mairin B. Doherty MD

  2. the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey, USA

    Perihan A. Rosenthal MD (Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry)

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This study was made possible in part by a Basic Science Research Grant from the NIH (Biomedical Research Support Grant No. 507RR05712).

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Doherty, M.B., Rosenthal, P.A. Depressive states in 11 psychiatrically hospitalized preschoolers: Investigation and review. Child Psych Hum Dev 19, 60–73 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00713736

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