Citation

Maag JW, Rutherford RB, Parks BT. Adolescence 1988; 23(89): 73-82.

Affiliation

Department of Special Education, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3381689

Abstract

Adolescent depression represents a growing concern for secondary school personnel. Depression is often related to suicide, which currently ranks as the second leading cause of death in adolescents. Since secondary school personnel should be able to identify characteristics of adolescent depression, the purpose of this study was to assess regular classroom teachers', guidance counselors', and special education teachers' ability to identify characteristics of adolescent depression. Results indicated that counselors possess the greatest knowledge of these characteristics, while regular and special education teachers are somewhat less able to identify them. Results are discussed in terms of training and evaluation issues for teachers.

Language: en