Download or read book Understanding and Treating Depressed Adolescents and Their Families written by Gerald D. Oster and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1990-01-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily a clinical book on treating adolescent depression, with various treatment strategies tied closely to the understanding of etiology, dynamics and assessment of the depressed adolescent patient, all within a family systems orientation. Covers several therapeutic strategies. Also deals with adolescent suicide and prevention of both suicide and depression.