Page No.57-62
R. Kannappan
Vinayaka Mission Medical College, Salem
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The sixty female children who had the symptoms of depression such as tension,
irritability, social withdrawal, weeping spells, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite,
forgetting, fear of examination, low activity level, palpitation, and diminished
ability to concentrate came for treatment. Children’s Depression Rating Scale
(CDRS) was used at the assessments of before, after, and follow-ups of the
therapeutic intervention. Pharmacotherapy (PT) and combination of Pharmaco
and Psychological Therapies (PPT) – Parental counseling, cognitive behavioral
program – were used for 18 sessions, each 50 minutes for the improvement of
depressive disorder. Statistics such as percentage, and t-test were calculated
for analyzing the data. Results indicate a significant reduction of depressive
symptoms in female children and better maintained at follow-ups in
Pharmacotherapy (PT) and combination of Pharmaco and Psychological
Therapies. Further the combination of Pharmaco and Psychological Therapies
is significantly more effective than the PT in treating the depressive features of
children
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