Depression affects groups of people in different ways. There are also common elements in the way some of these groups perceive and deal with depression or any mental illness for that matter. Here's an in-depth look at the way depression affects children, men, women, the elderly, and minorities.

Depression in Children

• Depression in School-Age Children and Adolescents Overview
• Signs and Symptoms
• What Does A Depressed Child Look Like?
• Diagnosing Depression in Children
• What Causes Depression in Children?
• What Happens to Depressed Children?
• Treating Depressed Children
• Pediatric ECT
• Suicide and Children and Child and Teen Suicide Risk Factors and How to Take Action and Intervening in Child and Teen Suicide (for more on suicide and children, look under the "suicide" heading on our (for more on suicide and children, look under the "suicide" heading on our site map)
• How To Help A Depressed Child
• Dealing with Childhood Depression
• When Parents Are Depressed - How It Impacts Children

Articles on Children and Depression

• Story on Teenage Depression (includes audio interview)
• The Difference Between Teen Moodiness and Depression
• How Colleges Are Dealing with Depressed Students
• Depression in School-Age Children
• Talking with Your School-Age Child about Depression
• Stress in Children: What It Is, How Parents Can Help

• Men with Depression - It's Different For Men
• How Men Handle Depression
• Male Menopause
• Treatments For Men With Depression

Depression in Women

• Depression in Women - Overview
• Depression: What Every Woman Should Know
• Risk Factors for Depression in Women
• Depression and the Lifetime Reproductive Cycle and The Role Hormones Play in Mood Disorders
• Treating Depression in Women
• Pregnancy and Antidepressants, Antidepressant Medication Safe During Pregnancy, Antidepressants and Breastfeeding, and Antidepressant Medication Side-Effects in Postpartum Depression

Differences in Depression in Women and Men

1. Depression in Women and Men: What's the Difference?
2. Cultural Expectations May Explain Why Depression is Different In Women and Men

• Depression in Elderly Overview
• Elderly Depression Ignored
• Geriatric Depression Scale (Screening Test), GDS - (shorter version)
• Exercise Works in Treating Elderly Depression
• Study: Seniors With Late Life Depression May Not Recover

• Minorities With Depression Face Barriers To Getting Help
• Access to Services, Language and Cultural Issues
• U.S. Surgeon General Says Minorities Face Larger Hurdles Toward Mental Health Care Than Whites
• Suicide Among Blacks - Nobody Wants To Talk About It and The Truth About Black Teen Suicide
• In Older Blacks, Depression Often Goes Untreated
• Depression Among African-American Women
• Fighting 'the blues' in African-Americans
• How Do Hispanics Experience Depression?
• Cultural Considerations in Treating Asians With Depression