Citation

Alves MI, Felipe AOB, Moreira DS. Int. J. Ment. Health Nurs. 2021; 30 Suppl 1: 1426-1436.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc., Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/inm.12900

PMID

34142419

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Integrative Community Therapy on depression symptoms in adolescents in the school context. This is a quantitative, quasi-experimental, pre-, and post-test study that compared depression scores before and after the Integrative Community Therapy intervention was applied, conducted with 56 adolescent students. The guidelines recommended by the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence were used to present this study. The instruments used for data collection were the following: Participants' characterization, Economic Classification, and the Children's Depression Inventory. This depression inventory was applied before and after the intervention was carried out. Most of the participants presented depressive symptoms (53.6%). Girls presented higher depression scores and were more likely to develop depression; to be working proved to be a protective factor for depression and adolescents with depression symptoms presented a higher proportion of suicidal ideation. The analysis of the depression variable indicated a reduction of the scores in the post-intervention period; however, in the gender analysis, there was a reduction in the depression scores only for the girls. The Integrative Community Therapy was an effective intervention in reducing depression scores, being a relevant strategy for healthcare services and schools in assisting adolescents to deal with their emotions, mitigate psycho-emotional suffering, and contribute as a support tool in the context of vulnerabilities inherent to the process of becoming an adolescent.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; adolescent; Child; Female; Students; Schools; Adolescent; mental health; Depression; Suicidal Ideation; depression; nursing; complementary therapies