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Models build resilience in children of parents with depression.(Mental Health)

Helping children understand a parent's mood disorder through open, honest communication fosters resiliency in those who might otherwise succumb to mental illness, according to Dr. Beardslee.

For children living in homes with depressed parents, promoting resilience through communication is the central component of a family-based intervention developed by Dr. Beardslee and his colleagues at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston.

Based on studies they conducted in the 1980s, Dr. Beardslee has identified core characteristics of resilient youth: a desire to accomplish developmental tasks outside the home, such as doing well in school or in sports; a commitment to ...

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