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Press Kit
In the News
“ A fine blueprint for a noble aim: to send out into the world more children equipped to find the beauty all around them.”
- Time. Daniel Williams. Feb 13, 2006
Time's feature book review [pdf]
Author press list
Press Kit
“ During the past few decades academics have heatedly debated whether the prime determinant of optimism, pessimism and depression is nature or nurture, or more recently a combination. The elements that enable us to be optimistic and experience authentic life-long happiness, true friendships and fulfillment are largely set in place by age six. Yet there is little information for parents of very young kids on how to create the conditions that will foster ongoing optimism and prevent depression.”
- Raising an Optimistic Child by Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry
Press Kit: Australia (including depression fact-sheet) [pdf]
About the Authors
Internationally recognized experts in depression, families and relationships, Bob Murray, Ph.D., and Alicia Fortinberry have appeared on national television, taught at major institutions and consulted for Fortune 500 companies. Award winning authors of the international best seller Creating Optimism (McGraw-Hill 2004), Bob and Alicia are sought out by leading US and Australian media including Time, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Woman's World, and Entrepreneur.
Author biographies
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Childhood Depression Info
The rate of childhood depression is increasing by 23% a year according to a Harvard Medical Center study and one in 3 American children suffers from depression, including 4% of children under 6, according to 2001 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) statistics.
Frighteningly, preschoolers are the fastest growing market for antidepressants. Yet according to a 2004 clinical review in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), there is absolutely no evidence that antidepressants work for young children, and in fact, have potentially dangerous side effects.
More childhood depression statistics
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