Focuses on early onset depression, offers tips on how parents can help, gives extensive list of other disorders that often coexist with childhood depression.

Very basic information, good starting point for introductory research. This article discusses how common it is for children with learning disabilities to experience depression. User-friendly and attractive site.

Very basic information, good starting point for introductory research. This discusses childhood depression as it relates to learning disabilities.

This site offers helpful links and basic information (note: for more specific information, scroll on the web page and click teen depression on the left side).

This site offers a ton of links, resources and answers to frequently asked questions. It discusses causes, treatments and how depression is diagnosed. Related topics such as suicide are also presented. User-friendly site with illustrations. Aesthetically pleasing.

Very helpful links, in depth explanations of mental health issues, list of risk factors for depression in teens.

Definitions that make the psychological terms easy to understand, symptom listings and resource links.

This is a great resource for tons of mental health topics. There is a lot to look at on the homepage. The links are useful.

This site is a good healthcare information center for people of all ages. Lots of links to information. User-friendly, but boring web design.

This is a good site dealing with childhood mental illnesses. Lists hot topics related to mental health.

This site offers a lot of information on mental health issues. The homepage is very busy. User-friendly, but not so well designed. 

This is a good site from an association devoted to understanding and preventing suicide.

This is a good and easy site, devoted to improving childhood and overall family mental health, with excellent resources and links.

A great site on depression that is laid out simply and thoughtfully.  This site is wonderful for teens.  It makes learning about depression fun and easy.  There are cool graphics and displays here, as well as additional links and resources.  This is a great, simple website to learn more about depression, and get the answers to those obvious questions. 

A great site from the National Mental Health Association especially for kids.  You can learn all about the symptoms and results of childhood depression.  This is a smaller page from a larger website, and is pretty simple and quick to read through.  There are good resources and a few additional links as well.  This is a good site to come to wuickly, to get the basics on childhood depression, and find resources where you can learn much more.

A great site from Kids Health.  This site explains simply, but completely, all the aspects of depression.  There are great resources here, and you will learn all you need to by reading through just a few simple pages.  This site is very well laid out, with questions and answers, and basic explanations, and includes additional links and resources.  This is a great site for teens to learn more about depression.