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Asarnow, Joan Rosenbaum; Scott, Cynthia V.; Mintz, Jim

doi:10.1023/a:1014573803928

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“…However, one study that was included herein used a CDI threshold score . 8 (Asarnow et al, 2002), which is lower than the recommended cutoff. The study was included because 48% of the sample was judged to fulfill tentative criteria for depression and 39% for depression NOS (Asarnow et al, 2002).…”

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confidence: 71%

“…The mean age of the participants was 10.5 years (range 9.2 -12.7 years). In six studies, all participants were , 13 years of age (Asarnow et al, 2002;Butler et al, 1980;de Cuyper et al, 2004;Liddle & Spence, 1990;Stark et al, 1987;Weisz et al, 1997). In two studies, there were participants who were up to 14 years of age (Kahn & Kehle, 1990;Nelson, Barnard, & Cain, 2003).…”

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“…A recent meta-analysis concluded that CBT and interpersonal therapy are probably efficacious when compared to no treatment, but the authors qualified their findings by noting that it was likely that the effect seen in their analysis was restricted to children 12 -18 years of age (Watanabe et al, 2007). Furthermore, in most published studies the children have not been diagnosed (Asarnow, Scott, & Mintz, 2002;Butler et al, 1980;de Cuyper, Timbremont, Braet, De Backer, & Wullaert, 2004;Liddle & Spence, 1990;Stark et al, 1987;Weisz, Thurber, Sweeney, Proffitt, & LeGagnoux, 1997) and in a number of studies prevention samples have been included (e.g., Gillham, Reivich, Jaycox, & Seligman, 1995;Jaycox, Reivich, Gillham, & Seligman, 1994). Including prevention samples, however, may hamper the generalizations to be made, as they seem to have greater gains from treatment as compared to clinical samples (Klein, Jacobs, & Reinecke, 2007).…”

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CBT for Children with Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis

Arnberg

Öst

2014

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

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Pediatric depression entails a higher risk for psychiatric disorders, somatic complaints, suicide, and functional impairment later in life. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is recommended for the treatment of depression in children, yet research is based primarily on adolescents. The present meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of CBT in children aged 8-12 years with regard to depressive symptoms. We included randomized controlled trials of CBT with participants who had an average age of ≤ 12 years and were diagnosed with either depression or reported elevated depressive symptoms. The search resulted in 10 randomized controlled trials with 267 participants in intervention and 256 in comparison groups. The mean age of participants was 10.5 years. The weighted between-group effect size for CBT was moderate, Cohen's d = 0.66. CBT outperformed both attention placebo and wait-list, although there was a significant heterogeneity among studies with regard to effect sizes. The weighted within-group effect size for CBT was large, d = 1.02. Earlier publication year, older participants, and more treatment sessions were associated with a larger effect size. In conclusion, the efficacy of CBT in the treatment of pediatric depression symptoms was supported. Differences in efficacy, methodological shortcomings, and lack of follow-up data limit the present study and indicate areas in need of improvement.

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CBT for Children with Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis

Arnberg

Öst

2014

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

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“…In CBT approaches with pre-adolescents, they reported finding behavioral rather than cognitive components most helpful (Asarnow et al, 2002) and we have emphasized those in FFT-CD. Exercises are presented as “games” initially to make them more engaging to school-aged children and increase the likelihood that these “games” could become “family tools” for combating depression.…”

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“…Family psychoeducational approaches have been used in the treatment of mood disorders in children (e.g., Asarnow, Scott, & Mintz, 2002; Fristad, Arnold, & Leffler, 2011; Miklowitz & Goldstein, 2010) and adults (for review, O’Connor et al, 2015) and combine education about the disorder with skills development to enhance coping and increase medication compliance. Psychoeducation emphasizes the biological and stress factors that contribute to mood disorders and the need to manage these disorders to improve outcomes.…”

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Family-Focused Treatment for Childhood Depression: Model and Case Illustrations

Tompson

Langer

Hughes

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Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

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Although the evidence base for treatment of depressive disorders in adolescents has strengthened in recent years, less is known about the treatment of depression in middle to late childhood. A family-based treatment may be optimal in addressing the interpersonal problems and symptoms frequently evident among depressed children during this developmental phase, particularly given data indicating that attributes of the family environment predict recovery versus continuing depression among depressed children. Family-Focused Treatment for Childhood Depression (FFT-CD) is designed as a 15-session family treatment with both the youth and parents targeting two putative mechanisms involved in recovery: (a) enhancing family support, specifically decreasing criticism and increasing supportive interactions; and (b) strengthening specific cognitive-behavioral skills within a family context that have been central to CBT for depression, specifically behavioral activation, communication, and problem solving. This article describes in detail the FFT-CD protocol and illustrates its implementation with three depressed children and their families. Common themes/challenges in treatment included family stressors, comorbidity, parental mental health challenges, and inclusion/integration of siblings into sessions. These three children experienced positive changes from pre- to posttreatment on assessor-rated depressive symptoms, parent- and child-rated depressive symptoms, and parent-rated internalizing and externalizing symptoms. These changes were maintained at follow-up evaluations 4 and 9 months following treatment completion.

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