Depressive disorders are common in children and adolescents, impair psychosocial functioning, and are often accompanied by comorbid psychopathology
HPI: DG, a 16-year-old presents to the PMHNP's office with his parents today with reports of 2 weeks of irritability and depressed mood. According to the patient he has difficulty concentrating and he has lost 5 pounds during that time without trying. He endorses anergia,...