Pediatricians' self-reported role in treating children and adolescents with major depressive disorder: a national random survey.

Objective: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious US public health problem for children and adolescents. This study explored pediatricians' self-reported role in treating children and adolescents with DSM-IV-TR MDD after the 2004 US Food and Drug Administration black-box warning.

Method: A national random sample of pediatricians (N = 2,000) was surveyed from the beginning of November 2007 through the end of January 2008, with a usable response rate of 22.

Child psychiatrists' self-reported treatment and monitoring of children and adolescents with major depressive disorder.

Objective: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious U.S. public health problem for children and adolescents.