Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a novel RDoC-based treatment program for adolescent depression: "Training for Awareness Resilience and Action" (TARA)-A pilot study

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2017, Pages

  Blom, Eva Henje ^a,b,c   Tymofiyeva, Olga ^d   Chesney, Margaret A ^d   Ho, Tiffany C ^e   Moran, Patricia ^d   Connolly, Colm G ^c   Duncan, Larissa G ^f,g   Baldini, Lisa ^e   Weng, Helen Y ^d   Acree, Michael ^d   Goldman, Veronica ^d   Hecht, Frederick M ^d   Yang, Tony T ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent depression; Autonomic regulation; Emotion regulation; Mindfulness based; Non pharmacological; Novel treatment development; Research Domain Criteria (RDoC); Yoga based

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMOTIONALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PILOT STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SKILL; SLEEP; SYMPTOM;

EID: 85012060151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00208     Document Type: Article

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