Background: Although psychotherapy has traditionally been the dominant formof treatment for children and ado- lescents with depression, there has been a recent increase in the prescription of antidepressants for this age group.
Objective: To describe patterns of outpatient treat-
ment for children and adolescents with depression.

Background: Although psychotherapy has traditionally been the dominant formof treatment for children and ado- lescents with depression, there has been a recent increase in the prescription of antidepressants for this age group. Objective: To describe patterns of outpatient treat-
ment for children and adolescents with depression.

Context Children of depressed parents have high rates of anxiety, disruptive, and de- pressive disorders that begin early, often continue into adulthood, and are impairing. Objective To determine whether effective treatment withmedication of women with major depression is associated with reduction of symptoms and diagnoses in their chil- dren. Design Assessments of children whose depressed mothers were being treated with medication as part of the multicenter Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) trial conducted (between December 16, 2001 and April 24, 2004) in broadly representative primary and psychiatric outpatient practices. Children were assessed by a team of evaluators not involved in maternal treatment and unaware of maternal outcomes. Study is ongoing with cases followed at 3-month intervals.

Positive psychology is the science of human strengths: en- ergy, optimism, perseverance, kindness, humor, enthusiasm, ingenuity, and more. The 23 papers collected in the volume under review are the product of a 1999 conference of scholars in this burgeoning branch of psychology.

Abstract
Background: There is increasing interest in identifying adolescents with depression in primary
care settings by paediatricians in India. This article studied the diagnostic accuracy, reliability and
validity of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) while used by paediatricians in a primary care setting
in India.