Laurie Assadi and the staff a the Clinical Center for  Learning and Development specialize in helping kids and adults who  struggle with:

Depression -  Bipolar Disorder - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Anxiety Disorders - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Oppositional Difiant Disorder - Suicidal Issues.

Depression and mood disorders in children have only  been recognized in the mental health community during the last 15-20  years. Most psychiatric diagnoses have been quantified by checklists,  tests, and cut-off scores to provide some uniformity and common  language among professionals.

Laurie illustrates this with sensitivity and insight in her book, Waking From the Nightmare: Giving Our Children Optimism  where she explains and explores both the heart and the brain of the  child with Depression. Unlike any other, this book explains the often  confusing and disturbing behavior of the child who is angry,  argumentative, and self-defeating. Reading this work will give any  parent, teacher, or professional a new understanding of children and  new hope for their future.