A rising number of preschool children are taking psychiatric medications to treat depression. There is a great deal of controversy regarding medicating children in the US.

Depression in children appears to be more common when there has been a traumatic event: physical abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, divorce, history of mood disorders, mental health disorders.. in parents, unresolved grief and loss/death in the family or w close friends.

It is essential that parents learn healthy ways to cope with and process stress, abuse, grief and loss, as well as learn tools to deal with depression and mood so that it does not impact the family and child.

Child and Teen Depression.