TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Psychological treatments for depression in adolescents: more than three decades later JO - International journal of environmental research and public health A1 - Méndez, Javier A1 - Sánchez-Hernández, Óscar A1 - Garber, Judy A1 - Espada, José P. A1 - Orgiles, Mireia SP - e4600 EP - e4600 VL - 18 IS - 9 N2 - Depression is a common and impairing disorder which is a serious public health problem. For some individuals, depression has a chronic course and is recurrent, particularly when its onset is during adolescence. The purpose of the current paper was to review the clinical trials conducted between 1980 and 2020 in adolescents with a primary diagnosis of a depressive disorder, excluding indicated prevention trials for depressive symptomatology. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the pre-eminent treatment and is well established from an evidence-based treatment perspective. The body of research on the remaining treatments is smaller and the status of these treatments is varied: interpersonal therapy (IPT) is well established; family therapy (FT) is possibly effective; and short-term psychoanalytic therapy (PT) is experimental treatment. Implementation of the two treatments that work well-CBT and IPT-has more support when provided individually as compared to in groups. Research on depression treatments has been expanding through using transdiagnostic and modular protocols, implementation through information and communication technologies, and indicated prevention programs. Despite significant progress, however, questions remain regarding the rate of non-response to treatment, the fading of specific treatment effects over time, and the contribution of parental involvement in therapy.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1661-7827 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094600 ID - ref1 ER -