1　儿童期抑郁流行病学证据表明,儿童患抑郁的危险性增高,但直到最近医生和研究者才承认儿童有临床抑郁[1],并在现象学上与成人相似。70年代前,对成人抑郁的心理治疗以精神分析为主,而人们普遍认为这些治疗对青少年不适合。认知疗法治疗抑郁为儿童抑郁的治疗开辟了新的道路。认 Epidemiological Evidence for Childhood Depression Epidemiological evidence suggests that children are at increased risk for depression, but only recently have doctors and researchers recognized that children have clinical depression [1] and are phenomenologically similar to adults. Prior to the 1970s, psychoanalytic treatment of depression in adults predominated, and it is generally accepted that these treatments are not suitable for adolescents. Cognitive therapy for the treatment of depression has opened up a new path for the treatment of depression in children. recognize