A comparison of cognitive-behavioral therapy and relaxation training for the treatment of depression in adolescents.

Reynolds, William M.; Coats, Kevin I.

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.54.5.653

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“…CBT treatment for adolescent depression has produced significantly greater pre to post reductions in depressive symptoms than alternative active interventions, such as behavior therapy and nondirective therapy (Brent et al, 1997;Shaw, 1977) and a life (Rohde, Clarke, Mace, Jorgensen, & Seeley, 2004). However, other trials found that CBT treatment did not produce significantly greater reductions in depressive symptoms than relaxation training (Reynolds & Coats, 1986), behavior therapy or nondirective supportive therapy (Jacobson et al, 1996;McNamara & Horan, 1986;Taylor & Marshall, 1977), interpersonal therapy (Hogg & Deffenbacher, 1988), or than pill placebo with clinical management (Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study Team, 2004). The fact that several treatment trials found that CBT did not significantly outperform placebo control groups and alternative interventions suggests it is vital for depression prevention trials to include these types of control conditions.…”

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Randomized trial of a brief depression prevention program: An elusive search for a psychosocial placebo control condition

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Burton

Bearman

et al. 2007

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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This trial compared a brief group cognitive-behavioral (CBT) depression prevention program to a waitlist control condition and four placebo or alternative interventions. High-risk adolescents with elevated depressive symptoms (N = 225, M age = 18, 70% female) were randomized to CBT, supportive-expressive group intervention, bibliotherapy, expressive writing, journaling, or waitlist conditions and completed assessments at baseline, termination, and 1-month and 6-month followup. All five active interventions showed significantly greater reductions in depressive symptoms at termination than waitlist controls; effects for CBT and bibliotherapy persisted into follow-up. CBT, supportive-expressive, and bibliotherapy participants also showed significantly greater decreases in depressive symptoms than expressive writing and journaling participants at certain follow-up points. Findings suggest there may be multiple ways to reduce depressive symptoms in high-risk adolescents, although expectancies, demand characteristics, and attention may have contributed to the observed effects. Keywordsdepression; prevention; high-risk; adolescent placebo; alternative interventions.Major depression is a common, recurrent, and impairing condition that predicts future suicide attempts, academic failure, interpersonal problems, unemployment, substance abuse, and delinquency (Gotlib, Lewinsohn, & Seeley, 1998;Newman et al., 1996;Reinherz, Giaconia, Hauf, Wasserman, & Silverman, 1999). Even subdiagnostic depressive symptoms persist over time and predict onset of psychiatric disorders, inpatient hospitalization, impaired social and academic functioning, and suicidal ideation (Capaldi & Stoolmiller, 1999;Nolen-Hoeksema, Girgus, & Seligman, 1992). Because less than one third of depressed youth receive treatment (Newman et al., 1996) and those who do often receive ineffective interventions (Weersing & Weisz, 2002), it is crucial to develop prevention programs for this common and debilitating condition.Several controlled trials have found that prevention programs based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles produce significantly greater reductions in depressive symptoms than Correspondence should be addressed to Eric Stice, who is now at Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Blvd., Eugene, Oregon, 97403. Email: estice@ori.org.. Eric Stice, Emily Burton, and Sarah Kate Bearman, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin. Paul Rohde, Oregon Research Institute.Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptBehav Res Ther. Author manuscript...

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“…For depression in adolescents, CBT was found to be effective compared to wait list control status, systemic family therapy or nondirective supportive therapy (Brent, Holder, Kolko, Birmaher, Baugher, Roth et al, 1997), and relaxation therapy (Wood, Harrington, & Moore, 1996). In adolescents with high depression symptom ratings, Reynolds & Coats (1986) also found that CBT and relaxation therapy were both superior to controls. In addition to CBT, two controlled studies show interpersonal therapy to be effective for depressed adolescents (Mufson, Weissman, Moreau, & Garfinkel, 1999;Rossello & Bernal, 1999).…”

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Psychosocial Treatment of Children in Foster Care: A Review

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Maerlender

Sengupta

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Community Ment Health J

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A substantial number of children in foster care exhibit psychiatric difficulties. Recent epidemiological and historical trends in foster care, clinical findings about the adjustment of children in foster care, and adult outcomes are reviewed, followed by a description of current approaches to treatment and extant empirical support. Available interventions for these children can be categorized as either symptom-focused or systemic, with empirical support for specific methods ranging from scant to substantial. Even with treatment, behavioral and emotional problems often persist into adulthood, resulting in poor functional outcomes. We suggest that self-regulation may be an important mediating factor in the appearance of emotional and behavioral disturbance in these children.

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“…More specific measures of anxiety and depression may also be helpful. Such measures as the Children's Depression Inventory (Kovacs, 1992), the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (W. M. Reynolds & Coats, 1985), and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (C. R. Reynolds & Richmond, 1978) all contain norms for adolescents. Because higher rates of suicidal ideation and behavior are found among this population of adolescents, special attention should be paid to this issue, and the youth should be asked about suicidal thoughts directly, even if they do not endorse the specific items on the measures.…”

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