ABSTRACT
College age students are in the midst of important psychosocial and neurobiological changes. The developmental fluidity of this period of life compels caution in diagnosing and treating depressive episodes, especially in discriminating between bipolar and non-bipolar depression. Treating college age students with depression requires adherence to four basic principles that guide treatment. We urge you to aim for 150diagnostic clarity, keep the developmental context in mind when making diagnoses and conducting treatment, establish clear aims for the pharmacologic intervention, and provide adequate resources to monitor treatment outcomes and respond rapidly to any untoward events, doi: 10.1300/J035v21n03_07 [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: < https://www.HaworthPress.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.HaworthPress.com > © 2007 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
