Preventing depression in adolescents: Time for a new approach?

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 994-995

  Merry, Sally Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; STUDENT;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS;

EID: 84888877139     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2862     Document Type: Editorial

References (26)

1. Ustün TB, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Chatterji S, Mathers C, Murray CJ. Global burden of depressive disorders in the year 2000. Br J Psychiatry. 2004;184:386-392.
2. Feehan M, McGee R, Williams SM. Mental health disorders from age 15 to age 18 years. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1993;32(6):1118-1126.
3. Fombonne E, Wostear G, Cooper V, Harrington R, Rutter M. The Maudsley long-term follow-up of child and adolescent depression, 1: psychiatric outcomes in adulthood. Br J Psychiatry. 2001;179(3):210-217.
4. Merry SN, Hetrick SE, Cox GR, Brudevold-Iversen T, Bir JJ, McDowell H. Psychological and educational interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011;(12):CD003380. doi:10.1002/14651858.
5. Horowitz JL, Garber J. The prevention of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents: ameta-analytic review. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2006;74(3):401-415.
6. Cuijpers P, van Straten A, Smit F, Mihalopoulos C, Beekman A. Preventing the onset of depressive disorders: ameta-analytic review of psychological interventions. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165(10):1272-1280.
7. Rose G. The Strategy of Preventive Medicine. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press; 1992:138.
8. Araya R, Fritsch R, Spears M, et al. School intervention to improve mental health of students in Santiago, Chile: a randomized clinical trial [published online September 2, 2013]. JAMA Pediatr. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics. 2013.2361.
9. Stallard P, Sayal K, Phillips R, et al. Classroom based cognitive behavioural therapy in reducing symptoms of depression in high risk adolescents: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2012;345:e6058. doi:10.1136/bmj.e6058.
10. Shochet IM, Dadds MR, Holland D, Whitefield K, Harnett PH, Osgarby SM. The efficacy of a universal school-based program to prevent adolescent depression. J Clin Child Psychol. 2001;30(3):303-315.
11. Merry S, McDowell H, Wild CJ, Bir J, Cunliffe R. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of a school-based depression prevention program. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2004;43(5):538-547.
12. Spence SH, Sheffield JK, Donovan CL. Preventing adolescent depression: an evaluation of the problem solving for life program. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2003;71(1):3-13.
13. Spence SH, Sheffield JK, Donovan CL. Long-term outcome of a school-based, universal approach to prevention of depression in adolescents. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2005;73(1):160-167.
14. Harnett PH, Dadds MR. Training school personnel to implement a universal school-based prevention of depression program under real-world conditions. J Sch Psychol. 2004;42(5):343-357.
15. Cuijpers P, Smit F. Has time come for broad-scale dissemination for prevention of depressive disorders? Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2008;118(6):419-420.
16. Muñoz RF, Beardslee WR, Leykin Y. Major depression can be prevented. Am Psychol. 2012;67(4):285-295.
17. Muñoz RF, Cuijpers P, Smit F, Barrera AZ, Leykin Y. Prevention of major depression. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2010;6:181-212.
18. Mariu KR, Merry SN, Robinson EM, Watson PD. Seeking professional help for mental health problems, among New Zealand secondary school students. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2012;17(2):284-297.
19. Gledhill J, Garralda ME. The short-term outcome of depressive disorder in adolescents attending primary care: a cohort study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2011;46(10):993-1002.
20. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). Depression in children and young people: identification and management in primary, community and secondary care. 2005. http://guidance.nice.org.uk/cg28/guidance/pdf/english. Accessed July 24, 2013.
21. Richardson T, Stallard P, Velleman S. Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for the prevention and treatment of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents: a systematic review. Clin Child FamPsychol Rev. 2010;13(3):275-290.
22. Merry SN, Stasiak K, Shepherd M, Frampton C, Fleming T, Lucassen MF. The effectiveness of SPARX, a computerised self help intervention for adolescents seeking help for depression: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. BMJ. 2012;344:e2598. doi:10.1136/bmj.e2598.
23. Stallard P, Richardson T, Velleman S, Attwood M. Computerized CBT (Think, Feel, Do) for depression and anxiety in children and adolescents: outcomes and feedback from a pilot randomized controlled trial. Behav Cogn Psychother. 2011;39(3):273-284.
24. Calear AL, Christensen H. Review of internet-based prevention and treatment programs for anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. Med J Aust. 2010;192(11)(suppl):S12-S14.
25. van't Veer-Tazelaar PJ, van Marwijk HW, van Oppen P, et al. Stepped-care prevention of anxiety and depression in late life: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009;66(3):297-304.
26. Van't Veer-Tazelaar P, Smit F, van Hout H, et al. Cost-effectiveness of a stepped care intervention to prevent depression and anxiety in late life: randomised trial. Br J Psychiatry. 2010;196(4):319-325.