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Title of Journal: American Family Physician
Volume: Volume 62/No.10
Date: 11/15/00
Page Number(s): N/A
What
organization is responsible for publishing the journal you chose?
The American Academy of Family Physicians
What
is your overall evaluation of this article?
_____Poor ______Fair
___x___Good _______Very Good _____Excellent
Why did you choose to review this particular article?
This particular article was assigned as a class assignment.
It was required that we review this article.
How would you rate this article as a tool for teaching a student about
cardiopulmonary physiology, radiography, or another allied health specialty?
Students: ____Poor
____Fair __x ___Good _____Very Good _____Excellent
Teachers:
____Poor ____Fair _____Good __x ___Very Good
_____Excellent
Patients: ____Poor __ __Fair __x___Good
_____Very Good _____Excellent
Comment on the readability of this article.
This article
was very educational to anyone wanting to learn more about depression in children. The author used reliable sources and a
good summary of information.
Course Topics covered:
Children depression
Disorders
Diagnosis
Symptoms
Treatments
Side
effects
Brief Summary:
This article was about depression in children and the different types of disorders. It was
very informative. It talks about the diagnosis and goes on explaining the pediatric symptom checklist and evaluation and testing.
This article also mentions treatments and the most available ones and some of the side effects.
Identify and attempt
to explain three (3) terms, procedures or concepts that were unfamiliar to you when reviewing this article.
1. Bereavement
occurs due to the loss of a loved one by death
2. Dysthymic Disorder: a mood disorder characterized by chronic mildly depressed
or irritable mood often accompanied by other symptoms such as eating and sleeping disturbances, fatigue, and poor self-esteem)
3.
I didn't know that Tricyclic antidepressants were the first available pharmacotherapy for depression in children.
Although
I didn't know much about this issue from the start it has informed me about a lot of things I didn't know.
Detail
the strengths/weaknesses of this article.
Strengths: the strengths of this article would be that it is very informative
and includes lots of information on depression in children and some statistics.
Weaknesses: the only weakness I can see
is that it maybe a little hard for some people to read and understand.
How might this article be useful to you
in your further studies and career?
I'm not sure that this article will be useful to me for my career. It has definitely
gave me a better understanding on children and depression and made me aware of this problem.
Does the article include
a list of references/citations that can be used to find more information on the topics they cover?
Yes. It lists
all the references at the bottom of the article.
Your Name: Jessica Catron
Date: February 11, 2008
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