Depressive Disorder in Highly Gifted Adolescents

By P. Jackson, J. Peterson. 2003

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Myth 17: Gifted and Talented Individuals Do Not Have Unique Social and Emotional Needs (2009, background): “In a study of profoundly gifted clients in therapy (Jackson & Peterson, 2003), some feared that mentioning their concerns would simply be “too much” for others.”
Protective Factors as Barriers to Depression in Gifted and Nongifted Adolescents (2009, background): “…(Berndt, Kaiser, & Van Aalst, 1982; Kaiser & Berndt, 1985) although others have hypothesized that extreme levels of giftedness (i.e. IQ > 180) may put individuals at risk for asynchronous development with their academic and social environments (Hollingworth, 1942; Jackson & Peterson, 2003).”
A Longitudinal Study of Negative Life Events, Stress, and School Experiences of Gifted Youth (2009, background): “Jackson and Peterson (2003) found that some highly gifted adolescents masked severe depression because of shame and a wish to protect others.”
High intelligence: A risk factor for psychological and physiological overexcitabilities (2018, background): “…which point to an association between gifted IQ, particularly high verbal ability, and various mental and immunological outcomes such as depression (Jackson & Peterson, 2003; Wraw, Deary, Der, & Gale, 2016); bipolar disorder (Gale et al., 2013; MacCabe et al., 2010; Smith et al., 2015); anxiety…”