Many depressed preschoolers still suffer in later school years [ScienceDaily.com]

Children diagnosed with depression as preschoolers are likely to suffer from depression as school-age children and young adolescents, new research shows. The investigators followed 246 children, now ages 9 to 12, who were enrolled in the study as preschoolers when they were 3 to 5 years old. The children and their primary caregivers participated in up to six annual and four semiannual assessments. They were screened using a tool called the Preschool Feelings Checklist and evaluated using an age-appropriate diagnostic interview.

[For more of this story, written by Jim Dryden, go to http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140730120143.htm]