Creative Education, 2021, 12, 2715-2732 https://www.scirp.org/journal/ce ISSN Online: 2151-4771 ISSN Print: 2151-4755 DOI: 10.4236/ce.2021.1211201 Nov. 30, 2021 2715 Creative Education Family, School and Educators: Important Pillars in the Perception of Childhood Depression Luã T. G. Câmara, Paulo R. S. Stephens Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Postgraduate in Teaching in Biosciences and Health, Laboratory of Innovations in Therapies, Teaching and Bioproducts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Abstract Currently, mental health professionals say that there is no doubt about the existence of depression in children, who can even be affected at preschool age. Therefore, the perception of the family, school and educators is im- portant to assist in early diagnosis, as well as in treatment. This article aims to carry out a literature review on depression in children, seeking sta- tistical data published in Brazil, between 1995 and 2018, a period of 23 years. Scientific articles were investigated through the databases, Scielo, PubMed, PePSIC and Academic Google, resulting in 18 articles found. It is concluded that there is little research on the subject in Brazil, emphasizing the importance of the perception of the family, school and educators. Keywords Childhood Depression, Family, School, Educators 1. Introduction Currently, childhood depression prevails in the list of Public Health concerns, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), reporting that in the last ten years, the number of diagnoses of children aged 6 to 12 years has increased significantly from 4.5% to 8%, out of those who are not diagnosed. WHO men- tions that by the end of 2020, depression will become the most disabling illness in the world (World Health Organization, 2002). This psychopathology, according to Dr. Jeffrey A. Miller in his book The Ref- erence Book for Childhood Depression, is a mood disorder, which expresses it- self through a set of symptoms, such as affective exacerbation (sadness), altera- tion in mental processing and significantly interfering with behavior, for exam- How to cite this paper: Câmara, L. T. G., & Stephens, P. R. S. (2021). Family, School and Educators: Important Pillars in the Perception of Childhood Depression. Crea- tive Education, 12, 2715-2732. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2021.1211201 Received: August 25, 2021 Accepted: November 27, 2021 Published: November 30, 2021 Copyright © 2021 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access