Compreensão da depressão infantil e as principais estratégias terapêuticas utilizadas no tratamento a partir da terapia cognitivo-comportamental.

Abstract

Major depressive disorder has been increasingly recognized in childhood in recent decades, becoming a public health problem. However, it has recently become a field of scientific interest, and it is still a subject little explored in Brazilian literature. Thus, the present work has as main objective to investigate the main aspects present in the treatment and the main interventions used.from the contributions of CognitiveBehavioral Therapy. Therefore, exploratory research was used to study the theme, in order to better understand childhood depression through previously published materials. The results indicate that the treatment involves different scientifically based therapeutic strategies, such as psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, problemsolving training, social skills training, programming of pleasurable activities and parent training. Despite the limitations found in the literature, it is concluded that the published studies present important discussions and effective cognitive-behavioral strategies in the treatment of childhood depression. From this study, it is clear the importance of developing more research on the treatment to assist in the clinical management of depressive children and thus carry out an adequate treatment through scientifically based practices, minimizing the suffering and damages resulting from the disorder. Keywords: Childhood Depression. Therapeutic strategies. Cognitive behavioral therapy.