Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 77, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , October 2003

Recognition of childhood depression: Personal reminiscences

Received 19 April 2002 ,Accepted 13 February 2003.

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☆ Editor’s note. We have published millennial reviews, articles, and special issues during the past several years reflecting key developments in affective disorders that have transformed our field. Certainly the field of affective disorders in children is one of these, important for genetics, clinical science, and public health. Leon Cytryn was one of the early pioneers whose work had a formative influence in shaping this field in the United States. By invitation, in this special article he provides us with personal reminiscences of the role he played in these developments. This article is intended to be for the historical memoir, as well as for the benefit of young investigators two or three generations after him, who will learn about the early struggles, hypotheses, and increments in knowledge leading to the growth of the overlapping fields of childhood depression and bipolar disorder. Although this memoir is largely focused on early work conducted by himself and his colleagues at George Washington University and at NIMH, Dr. Cytryn does briefly mention those whom he considers to be other major players who moved the field of juvenile affective disorders forward [HSA].

PII: S0165-0327(03)00048-X

doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00048-X

Journal of Affective Disorders
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