This part of the updated guidelines is used to address practice preparation, identification, assessment, and initial management
of adolescent depression in PC settings.
While it is disappointing that the intervention has not achieved greater change in
levels of adolescent depression, it is important to recognise the strengths and benefits of the project.
Rates of adolescent depression appear to be rising1, 2 with the 1 - year prevalence suggested to be between 2 — 4 %.3, 4 Early treatment is important because adolescent depression has high levels of future morbidity including further emotional disorders, suicidality, physical health problems, substance misuse and problems in social functioning.4, 5
One current
model of adolescent depression assumes that low - self esteem and stressful recent events are major predisposing factors (Allgood - Merten, Lewinsohn, & Hops, 1990; Roberts & Gotlib, 1997).
«
Prevention of Adolescent Depression in Primary Care: Barriers and Relational Work Solutions» (Majoney, N., Gladstone, T., DeFrino, D., Stinson, A., Nidetz, J., Canel, J., Ching, E., Berry, A., Cantorna, J., Fogel, J., Eder, M., Bolotin, M., & Van Voorhess, B.) was included in a recent issue of the Californian Journal of Health Promotion.
Causes of Adolescent Depression The National Institute of Mental Health reports that the impact of genetics, environment and early life experiences are potential influences on one's propensity for depression.
If we identify kids with extreme shyness, and we can offer their parents programs to diminish the shyness, we reduce the onset of anxiety disorders in childhood and even
rates of adolescent depression.»
The Parenting to Reduce Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Scale: Assessing parental concordance with parenting guidelines for the
prevention of adolescent depression and anxiety disorders.
Attachment - Based Family Therapy (ABFT) is based on the belief that strong relationships within families can buffer against the
risk of adolescent depression or suicide and help in the recovery process.
Follow - up
studies of adolescent depression and conduct disorder have pointed to homotypic continuity, but less information exists about outcomes beyond mental disorders and about the extent to which adolescents with different disorders experience different versus similar difficulties during the transition to adulthood.
The Foundation is doing great work in supporting research and treatment
of adolescent depression.
Escitalopram in the treatment
of adolescent depression: a randomized placebo - controlled multisite trial.
Background: Previous studies in nonclinical samples have shown psychosocial treatments to be efficacious in the treatment
of adolescent depression, but few psychotherapy treatment studies have been conducted in clinically referred, depressed adolescents.
Dysfunctional mother - daughter relationships may lead to attachment issues, lowered self - esteem, problems with conflict resolution and increased rates
of adolescent depression.
Cognitive - behavioral treatment
of adolescent depression: Efficacy of acute group treatment and booster sessions.
The Adolescent Coping With Depression Course: A cognitive - behavioral approach to the treatment
of adolescent depression.