None of the children were currently receiving or had ever taken psychotropic medication or participated in
a previous psychosocial treatment.
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Previous counseling / hospitalizations for mental health / drug and alcohol concerns Dates of Service Place / Provider Reason for
treatment
This study complements
previous research supporting
psychosocial interventions as effective
treatments for addressing depressive symptomatology in this population.
The Physician Belief Scale (PBS) documents provider attitudes about delivering
psychosocial treatment in primary care (eg, beliefs and feeling about
treatment, service burdens).29 PCPs completed a Provider Practices Survey targeting changes in management and skill in addressing behavior problems and ADHD (α =.81 to 84) that was modified from a
previous survey.30 The Mental Health SKIP (MH - SKIP) assessment examines changes in
treatment obstacles, use of outside referral, and competency and effectiveness in delivering
psychosocial services (α = 0.77).
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.