Key features of depression and its management in general practice.
 
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1. In children an irritable mood may be the only manifestation of depression.
2. In children, failure to gain weight is equivalent to weight loss in an adult.
3. Most children and adolescents with depression have co-morbid psychiatric disorders.
4. In children family discord is a risk factor for major depressive disorder.
5. In children low self-esteem is a risk factor for major depressive disorder.

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