A Teacher Who Knows That You Are Taking a Course

A teacher who knows that you are taking a course in abnormal psychology, and because she is concerned about a student who seems depressed, asks you whether her student is likely to outgrow his current problems. What should you tell her?

A) Children are resilient and usually outgrow their depression.
B) Children who have experienced childhood depression are six times more likely kill themselves as young adults.
C) What looks like depression in young children is almost always a form of age-appropriate behavior.
D) Depression in young girls may get worse with age, but with young boys it usually gets better.