The Clinicians

One Expert's Dialogue

William R. Beardslee, M.D. is Academic Chairman at Children's Hospital Boston and the Gardner A. Monks Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has devoted his career to understanding childhood depression and developing ways to prevent it. Click here to visit this section.

Making Sense: A Parent's Guide to a Child's Psychiatric Hospitalization (pdf)
If it has been recommended or you have decided that your child is in need of psychiatric hospitalization, this Guide is for you.

Guía para padres: Cómo sobrellevar la hospitalización psiquiátrica de su hijo

Can A Depressed Parent Be A Good Parent? You Bet!!
A brochure developed for National Screening Day.

The Clinicians at Children's Hospital Boston Speak

Eugene J. D'Angelo, Ph.D. is the Chief of Psychology and Co-Director of Outpatient Services:

How a Diagnosis is Made
The Definition of Comorbidity
When it is Time to Seek Treatment
How to Choose a Doctor

Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, M.D. is Chief of the Psychopharmacology Clinic

  •     Needle Phobias
Information About Antidepressants

Stuart J. Goldman, M.D. is Director of Medical Education and Co-Director of the Mood Disorder Clinic.

  •     Family Struggles
When to Start Taking Antidepressants
When to Seek Treatment
What is an SSRI?
When do Antidepressants Start Taking Effect?
Talking About Suicide
Sad vs. Depressed
Suicidal Behavior

Joseph Nyre, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who was a project director for this Depression Experience Journal:

Resources for Identifying Depression

Clinician Stories:
  • A Pocket List of Names
  • Depression in a Medical Hospital: Stuffed Animal Play
  • God Works Through Medicine, Too   
  • Tackling Nightmares
  • What Is This Heaviness?

Depression Resources and Support Programs (Links)