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.
Parenting strategies for reducing
the risk of adolescent depression and anxiety disorders: A Delphi consensus study.
Not exact matches
When children come from homes where there is abuse, domestic violence, an incarcerated parent, or a parent with drug or mental health problems, they don't get that kind
of attention and suffer the consequences: higher
risks of later - life
depression,
adolescent pregnancy, alcoholism, drug use, and poor academic performance.
«Black
adolescents who are exposed to such environmental and social
risk factors without sufficient social - support networks are at a higher
risk of depression,» says Lu.
Hamilton, a doctoral student in the Mood and Cognition Laboratory
of Lauren Alloy at Temple University, hypothesized that life stressors, especially those related to
adolescents» interpersonal relationships and that
adolescents themselves contribute to (such as a fight with a family member or friend), would facilitate these vulnerabilities and, ultimately, increase teens»
risk of depression.
«
Adolescents with slower processing speed may be at increased later
risk of anxiety and
depression,» according to the new research by Catharine R. Gale, PhD,
of Edinburgh University and colleagues.
«It would be worthwhile to examine these relationships among older
adolescents and young adults with food allergy who are at the peak
of risk for
depression onset, especially because early anxiety is associated with increased
risk for subsequent onset
of depression,» said Jonathan Feldman, PhD, professor
of Psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School
of Psychology, Yeshiva University.
«On the immediate horizon is a look at the effects
of some things that become more common during
adolescent years as kids hit a high -
risk time for substance and alcohol abuse and other problems that often co-exist with clinical
depression.
Neural markers
of familial
risk for
depression: An investigation
of cortical thickness abnormalities in healthy
adolescent daughters
of mothers with recurrent
depression.
However,
adolescents in the «invisible»
risk group had similar prevalence
of suicidal thoughts, anxiety, subthreshold
depression and
depression as the «high»
risk group.
In another study, it was shown that the
risk for major
depression in
adolescents increased with a sleep duration
of 6 hours or less a night, which subsequently increases the
risk for decreased sleep.
Animal research has linked such increases to a higher
risk for developing anxiety and
depression, explained study author Jiook Cha, an assistant professor in the division
of child and
adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
«In our district, there are supposed to be crisis teams in every school trained to deal with at -
risk kids and how to recognize the warning signs
of the kind
of depression that leads to suicide,» says Rosemary Rubin, a counselor in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and co-chairman
of the Los Angeles County Child and
Adolescent Suicide Review Committee.
Screening for
adolescents» internalizing symptoms in primary care: item response theory analysis
of the behavior health screen
depression, anxiety, and suicidal
risk scales.
Researchers committed to the prevention
of depression in at -
risk youth have undertaken studies to identify effective intervention programming for
adolescents and families.
Use
of a standardized patient paradigm to enhance proficiency in
risk assessment for
adolescent depression and suicide.
The ARC Family Options study will further promote family - based intervention as a means
of engaging young people and addressing family - based
risk factors which both precipitates and perpetuates
risk for
adolescent depression.
A quantitative analysis indicated that
adolescents with diabetes had an increased
risk of developing
depression or anxiety, regardless
of where they lived.
The guidelines will provide parents and carers with strategies to reduce the
adolescent's
risk of developing
depression and anxiety.
Those involved in the trial including
adolescents, teachers (who assisted with setting up the trial in schools) and CAMHS clinicians (responsible for referring young people and dealing with
risk) were largely supportive
of CCBT as a treatment for
adolescent depression.
The results
of the current study with regards to gender differences in
adolescent DSH / SA are consistent with previous findings, in that
adolescent girls showed a higher prevalence
of DSH5 28 and SA.7 29 30 With respect to the personality characteristics, low self - esteem has been associated with both DSH4 and SA.29 Cross-sectional surveys
of adolescents have consistently found that
depression is strongly correlated with DSH4 5 and SA.29 30 Tobacco smoking has also been previously identified to be a
risk factor for DSH5 31 and SA, 32 33 along with alcohol use for DSH5 28 31 and SA.32 33 When we analysed the data according to gender, we found that tobacco smoking and alcohol use were especially important
risk factors for DSH / SA in girls (tables 2 and 3).
Corporal punishment
of adolescents by parents: A
risk factor in the epidemiology
of depression, suicide, alcohol abuse, child abuse, and wife beating.
This is in line with findings from the New York Child Longitudinal Study in which OAD predicted young adult
depression, social phobia, and generalized anxiety.3 Together, these findings suggest that the DSM - IV GAD criteria are insufficient for assessing the full range
of «generalized anxiety» in children and
adolescents and fail to identify anxious children at
risk for a range
of later disorders.
The second study tested this link in a birth cohort
of 1265 children and concluded that there was a «direct and specific» link from
adolescent depression to later
depression.51 The study design provides a rather stringent test for the outcomes
of adolescent depression by accounting for the effects
of anxiety disorders, early cigarette smoking, CDs, alcohol abuse, and a range
of other putative
risk factors.
5 (p61) Their initial analyses demonstrate higher
risk of later
depression for a group
of adolescents with MDD as compared with groups with either no
depression or a nonaffective disorder.
It is hypothesized that pathological use
of the Internet is detrimental to the mental health
of adolescents such that young people who use the Internet extensively and pathologically would have an increased
risk of anxiety and
depression.
Poor impulsivity and other factors such as female gender, low self - esteem, poor academic performance,
depression and tobacco / alcohol use were significant
risk factors in the final model
of adolescent DSH.
Adolescence is a critical period for the development
of depression with prevalence rates rising sharply from childhood to early adulthood.1 Many adult depressive disorders have their first onset in adolescence2 with longer episode duration being the strongest predictor
of future problems.3 In addition to increasing the
risk of later mental health problems,
adolescent depression is associated with significant educational and social impairment and is a major
risk factor for suicide.1 Providing effective early interventions to shorten the duration
of episodes and potentially reduce the impact on later life is therefore important.3 This study explores this question and compares the effects
of...
Also, anxiety and
depression may impair
adolescents» ability to learn and thereby increase their
risk of low educational attainment and school drop - out, which in turn are known to lower work participation and increase welfare dependence.28 The association between
adolescent anxiety and
depression symptoms and benefit receipt in young adulthood may also be influenced by factors that may increase both mental distress and the
risk of receiving medical benefits such as the various somatic and psychiatric conditions that are associated anxiety and
depression.
I have a special interest in working with at -
risk adolescents, young adults, and the families
of individuals affected by
depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, adjustment disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and school behavioral and / or academic concerns.
Our study demonstrates that high levels
of anxiety and
depression symptoms among
adolescents and their parents were associated with an increased
risk of receiving medical benefits as the
adolescents entered adulthood.
The impact
of parental anxiety and
depression on
adolescents» future
risk of medical benefit receipt.
Adolescents with high levels
of anxiety and
depression symptoms had increased
risk of receiving medical benefits from age 20 to 29.
High parental levels
of anxiety and
depression symptoms were associated with an increased
risk of medical benefit receipt from age 20 to 29 in
adolescent offspring.
Evaluation
of protective and vulnerability factors for
depression following an internet - based intervention to prevent
depression in at -
risk adolescents.
One plausible mechanism may be that
adolescents with high anxiety and
depression symptoms have an increased
risk of experiencing mental illness later in life, 2 — 4 which may be the direct cause
of work impairment.
Parental anxiety and
depression symptom load was an indicator
of their
adolescent's future
risk of receiving medical benefits, and
adolescents with both parents reporting high symptom loads seemed to be at a particularly high
risk.
Can Basic
Risk Research Help in the Prevention
of Childhood and
Adolescent Depression?
Compared to non-LD peers, youth with LD frequently report feelings
of loneliness, stress,
depression and suicide, among other psychiatric symptoms.15, 16 For example, in the National Longitudinal Study
of Adolescent Health, the LD sample was twice as likely to report a suicide attempt in the past year.16 Longitudinal research on
risk - taking indicates that, compared to non-LD peers,
adolescents with LD engage more frequently in various
risk behaviours.17 Therefore, the presence
of LD in childhood appears to confer a general
risk for adverse outcomes throughout adolescence and into adulthood.
According to a study (4),
adolescents brought up under this style are at the
risk of depression, lack
of independence, and substance abuse.
Evidence is emerging that psychosocial interventions can prevent
depression15 - 17 in
adolescents, and prevention interventions targeted at high -
risk groups have recently had favorable results.16, 17 Our group has described a successful group cognitive behavioral intervention to prevent
depression episodes in at -
risk adolescents.18 Teens in the study had 2 significant
risk factors: (1) they were offspring
of depressed parents and (2) they had significant subsyndromal symptoms and / or a past episode
of depression.
Recent research10 - 14 indicates that some groups are at much higher
risk of developing
depression, including children and
adolescents with a depressed parent and individuals who report significant subsyndromal depressive symptomatology (without meeting full DSM criteria).
Depression is common among adolescents, with a point prevalence between 3 % and 8 %.1 By age 18 years, as many as 25 % of adolescents have had at least 1 depressive episode.2 Depressive disorders in children and teens increase the risk of illness, interpersonal problems, and psychosocial difficulties that persist long after the episode, 3 and adolescents who experience depressive episodes have an increased risk of substance abuse and suicidal behavior.4 - 6 Adults with depression have increased health care costs, 7 and successful depression treatment may decrease these costs for adults8 and
Depression is common among
adolescents, with a point prevalence between 3 % and 8 %.1 By age 18 years, as many as 25 %
of adolescents have had at least 1 depressive episode.2 Depressive disorders in children and teens increase the
risk of illness, interpersonal problems, and psychosocial difficulties that persist long after the episode, 3 and
adolescents who experience depressive episodes have an increased
risk of substance abuse and suicidal behavior.4 - 6 Adults with
depression have increased health care costs, 7 and successful depression treatment may decrease these costs for adults8 and
depression have increased health care costs, 7 and successful
depression treatment may decrease these costs for adults8 and
depression treatment may decrease these costs for adults8 and children.9
A Direct Method
of Assessing Underlying Cognitive
Risk for
Adolescent Depression.
Explaining
risk for suicidal ideation in
adolescent offspring
of mothers with
depression.
A cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical effectiveness and cost - effectiveness
of classroom - based cognitive - behavioural therapy (CBT) in reducing symptoms
of depression in high -
risk adolescents.
Antidepressants increase
risk of behavioural symptoms in children and
adolescents with
depression or anxiety
Evaluation
of a primary care / Internet - based
depression prevention program for at -
risk adolescents and their families.
This national, multi-site research study aims to test the effectiveness and generalizability
of a cognitive - behavioral intervention for preventing depressive disorders in at -
risk adolescent offspring
of parents with
depression.
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of adolescents by parents: A
risk factor in the epidemiology
of depression, suicide, alcohol abuse, child abuse, and wife beating / Adolescence 29: 543 ~ 561