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Describe three different methods a clinician may use to assess a child for depression. Compare the usefulness of these approaches in the case of Elan, a 14-year-old child. 

A child must have experienced adversity in order to be considered:

Discuss 5 barriers to care that are likely to be especially problematic for youth who are members of minority groups or whose families have a relatively low income.

As a result of their shared experience, the group of schoolchildren who were in New York City during the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center might be considered to be a:

A research study that considers the parenting challenges faced by single mothers is an example of the family models approach to psychopathology.

As a part of a psychiatric evaluation, Dominique is telling the clinician what she sees in a series of pictures. What type of assessment is the clinician using? 

A global perspective of mental health care emphasizes factors such as:

Which term means that, at a genetic and biological level, some children are very sensitive to both positive and negative aspects of their environments?

Which reflects the logical link between early developmental variables and later outcomes?

Contemporary definitions of psychopathology include both extremes of behavior (too little or too much).