What To Ask?
Some key questions to help you ascertain depression in your adolescent patients

• Have you been feeling irritable or angry?


• Have you been getting in more fights than usual with your parents or siblings?


• Do you have such a hard time waking up in the morning that you’re often late for school?


• How are you doing with you schoolwork? How long does it take you to get through an assignment?


• Do you have any friends who have thought about suicide?


• Have your friends been worried that you might be suicidal?

Resources for Understanding the FDA's Black Box Warning

Rappaport N et al., J Pediatr 2006;148:567–568. View it online at http://bit.ly/9wq19s

Rappaport N et al., J Pediatr 2005; 147(6):719–720 View it online at http://bit.ly/a5av4w

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