I. Introduction and Epidemiology of Depression
1. Depression in Children and Adolescents: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention, John R. Z. Abela and Benjamin L. Hankin
2. Epidemiology of Depression in Children and Adolescents, Shelli Avenevoli, Erin Knight, Ronald C. Kessler, and Kathleen Ries Merikangas
II. Etiology of Depression
3. Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective, John R. Z. Abela and Benjamin L. Hankin
4. A Developmental Perspective on Interpersonal Theories of Youth Depression, Karen D. Rudolph, Megan Flynn, and Jamie L. Abaied
5. Biological Vulnerability to Depression, Amelie Nantel-Vivier and Robert O. Pihl
6. New Behavioral Genetic Approaches to Depression in Childhood and Adolescence, Jennifer Y. F. Lau and Thalia C. Eley
7. Emotion Regulation and Risk for Depression, C. Emily Durbin and Daphna M. Shafir
III. Treatment of Depression
8. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Depression during Childhood and Adolescence, Mark A. Reinecke and Golda S. Ginsburg
9. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents, Eric Fombonne and Suzanne Zinck
10. Treatment of Childhood Depression: The ACTION Treatment Program, Kevin D. Stark, Jennifer Hargrave, Brooke Hersh, Michelle Greenberg, Jenny Herren, and Melissa Fisher
11. Positive Psychotherapy for Young Adults and Children, Tayyab Rashid and Afroze Anjum
12. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Treatment and Prevention of Adolescent Depression, Jami F. Young and Laura Mufson
IV. Prevention of Depression
13. Preventing Depression in Early Adolescence: The Penn Resiliency Program, Jane E. Gillham, Steven M. Brunwasser, and Derek R. Freres
14. Integrating Individual and Whole-School Change Approaches in the Prevention of Depression in Adolescents, Susan H. Spence
15. Positive Youth Development Programs: An Alternative Approach to the Prevention of Depression in Children and Adolescents, Chad McWhinnie, John R. Z. Abela, Nora Hilmy, and Ilyan Ferrer
V. Special Populations
16. Sex Differences in Child and Adolescent Depression: A Developmental Psychopathological Approach, Benjamin L. Hankin, Emily Wetter, and Catherine Cheely
17. Children of Depressed Mothers: Implications for the Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Depression in Children and Adolescents, Sherryl H. Goodman and Erin Tully
18. Suicidal Behavior in Youth, Kimberly A. Van Orden, Tracy K. Witte, Edward A. Selby, Theodore W. Bender, and Thomas E. Joiner, Jr.
19. Child Abuse and Neglect and the Development of Depression in Children and Adolescents, Kate L. Harkness and Margaret N. Lumley