Understanding Your Teenager's Depression: Issues, Insights, and Practical Guidance for Parents

by Kathy McCoy

An updated study of adolescent depression discusses the causes of depression in teenagers; explains how depression can lead to anger, rebellion, and suicide; and offers practical advice on how to identify early warning signs, help teenagers cope with problems, and ways to combat the debilitating condition. Original.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Kathleen McCoy, PhD is a psychotherapist and the award-winning author of a dozen books including ALA's Best Books for Young Adults winner The Teenage Body Book (Random House, 2008) and Understanding Your Teenager's Depression (Perigee, 2005). Dr. McCoy was the columnist for Seventeen's "Sex and Your Body" and she is a former editor of Teen. Dr. McCoy has also written for national publications such as Readers Digest, The New York Times, Family Circle, Mademoiselle, TV Guide and The Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. Dr. McCoy and her husband recently moved from Los Angeles to Florence, Arizona, a small historic town where they live with their four cats Gus, Maggie, SweetPea and Hamish.