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SynthesisPsychological bulletin2006

Effects of psychotherapy for depression in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.

John R Weisz, Carolyn A McCarty, Sylvia M Valeri

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Synthesis in Psychological bulletin, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03448809 (A Randomized Feasibility Trial of a New Transdiagnostic Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention Versus Treatment as Usual in School-aged Children With Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances), which is not on this map. Cited by 252 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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252citing papers in PubMed, 20 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03448809 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

A Randomized Feasibility Trial of a New Transdiagnostic Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention Versus Treatment as Usual in School-aged Children With Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances

TypeinterventionalSponsorMental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg HospitalRan2015 to 2017Enrolled150ConditionsAnxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Symptoms, Depressive DisorderArmsMind My Mind, TAU (Treatment as Usual)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

252 citing papers in PubMed, 20 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Treatment Features Associated with Youth Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Follow-Up Effects for Internalizing Disorders: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2019
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192 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

John R WeiszJudge Baker Children's Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02120-3225, USA. jweisz@jbcc.harvard.edu
Carolyn A McCarty
Sylvia M Valeri

Funding

Video Guided School Based Treatment of Youth DepressionR01MH068806 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI WEISZ, JOHN RICHARD · 2003 to 2006
$1.9M
COMMUNITY CLINIC TEST OF YOUTH ANXIETY TREATMENTR01MH057347 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI WEISZ, JOHN R · 1997 to 2002
$1.3M
Prevention of Depression Among Pre-Adolescent YouthK01MH069892 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MC CARTY, CAROLYN A · 2004 to 2008
$694k
Developing a Robust Youth Depression Prevention ProgramR21MH063302 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI WEISZ, JOHN R · 2001 to 2003
$671k
NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH069892NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH69892NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH057347NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH068806NIMH NIH HHS R01-MH068806NIMH NIH HHS R01-MH57347NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH063302NIMH NIH HHS R21-MH63302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serious sequelae of youth depression, plus recent concerns over medication safety, prompt growing interest in the effects of youth psychotherapy. In previous meta-analyses, effect sizes (ESs) have averaged .99, well above conventional standards for a large effect and well above mean ES for other conditions. The authors applied rigorous analytic methods to the largest study sample to date and found a mean ES of .34, not superior but significantly inferior to mean ES for other conditions. Cognitive treatments (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy) fared no better than noncognitive approaches. Effects showed both generality (anxiety was reduced) and specificity (externalizing problems were not), plus short- but not long-term holding power. Youth depression treatments appear to produce effects that are significant but modest in their strength, breadth, and durability.

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AdolescentChildDepressionHumansPsychotherapyTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID16435960
PMCPMC2150594

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