ArticleJournal of cognitive and behavioral psychotherapies : the official journal of the International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health2009
Adolescent Dose and Ratings of an Internet-Based Depression Prevention Program: A Randomized Trial of Primary Care Physician Brief Advice versus a Motivational Interview.
Article in Journal of cognitive and behavioral psychotherapies : the official journal of the International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Barriers to and Facilitators of Implementation of Internet-Delivered Therapist-Guided Therapy in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of preventive interventions on adolescents' depression and suicidal tendency: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), third-wave CBT and interpersonal therapy (IPT) based interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- A systematic review of online youth mental health promotion and prevention interventions.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2015Pooled it
- Online and social networking interventions for the treatment of depression in young people: a systematic review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Pooled it
- Interventions for improving patients' trust in doctors and groups of doctors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Do online mental health services improve help-seeking for young people? A systematic review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Pooled it
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- Pathways for African American Success: Results of Three-Arm Randomized Trial to Test the Effects of Technology-Based Delivery for Rural African American Families.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2019Trial
- The Closing Digital Divide: Delivery Modality and Family Attendance in the Pathways for African American Success (PAAS) Program.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2018Trial
- An internet-based adolescent depression preventive intervention: study protocol for a randomized control trial.Trials · 2015Trial
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- Understanding adolescent response to a technology-based depression prevention program.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2014Trial
- Internal versus external motivation in referral of primary care patients with depression to an internet support group: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2013Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of primary care physician motivational interviewing versus brief advice to engage adolescents with an Internet-based depression prevention intervention: 6-month outcomes and predictors of improvement.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2011Trial
- Facilitators and Barriers to Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Adolescents and Young Adults: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- A comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural interventions based on delivery features for elevated symptoms of depression in adolescents: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Review
- PATHway: Intervention optimization of a prevention program for adolescents at-risk for depression in the primary care setting.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of "Cuida tu Ánimo" (Take Care of Your Mood): An Internet-Based Program for Prevention and Early Intervention of Adolescent Depression in Chile and Colombia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Usage activity, perceived usefulness, and satisfaction in a web-based acceptance and commitment therapy program among Finnish ninth-grade adolescents.Internet interventions · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundInternet-based interventions for education and behavior change have proliferated, but most adolescents may not be sufficiently motivated to engage in Internet-based behavior change interventions. We sought to determine how two different forms of primary care physician engagement, brief advice (BA) versus motivational interview (MI), could enhance participation outcomes in an Internet-based depression prevention intervention.
methodsEighty-three adolescents at risk for developing major depression were recruited by screening in primary care and randomized to two groups: BA (1-2 minutes) + Internet program versus MI (10-15 minutes) + Internet program. We compared measures of participation and satisfaction for the two groups for a minimum of 12 months after enrollment.
resultsBoth groups engaged the site actively (MI: 90% versus BA: 78%, p=0.12). MI had significantly higher levels of engagement than BA for measures including total time on site (143.7 minutes versus 100.2 minutes, p=0.03), number of sessions (8.16 versus 6.00, p=0.04), longer duration of session activity on Internet site (46.2 days versus 29.34 days, p=0.04), and with more characters typed into exercises (3532 versus 2004, p=0.01). Adolescents in the MI group reported higher trust in their physician (4.18 versus 3.74, p=0.05) and greater satisfaction with the Internet-based component (7.92 versus 6.66, p=0.01).
conclusionsPrimary care engagement, particularly using motivational interviewing, may increase Internet use dose, and some elements enhance and intensify adolescent use of an Internet-based intervention over a one to two month period. Primary care engagement may be a useful method to facilitate adolescent involvement in preventive mental health interventions.
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