ArticleJournal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent2013
Randomized Clinical Trial of a Primary Care Internet-based Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Depression: One-year Outcomes.
Article in Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of preventive interventions on adolescents' depression and suicidal tendency: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Quality Social Connection as an Active Ingredient in Digital Interventions for Young People With Depression and Anxiety: Systematic Scoping Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on TeleMental Health in Youth Mental Health: Focus on Anxiety, Depression and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Pooled it
- Technology-based mental healthcare models: A systematic review of the literature.Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria · 2021Pooled it
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- What Works and What Doesn't Work? A Systematic Review of Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression and Anxiety in Young People.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
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- 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
- Motivational interviewing from the paediatricians' perspective: assessments after a 2-day training for physicians caring for adolescents with chronic medical conditions (CMCs).BMC pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of Motivational Interviewing to Improve Utilization of Mental Health Services Among Youths With Chronic Medical Conditions: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- 24-Month Outcomes of Primary Care Web-Based Depression Prevention Intervention in Adolescents: Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Randomized Clinical Trial of an Internet-Based Adolescent Depression Prevention Intervention in Primary Care: Internalizing Symptom Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- A Web- and Mobile App-Based Mental Health Promotion Intervention Comparing Email, Short Message Service, and Videoconferencing Support for a Healthy Cohort: Randomized Comparative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Examining the Effectiveness of a Web-Based Intervention for Depressive Symptoms in Female Adolescents: Applying Social Cognitive Theory.Journal of research in health sciences · 2019Trial
- An internet-based adolescent depression preventive intervention: study protocol for a randomized control trial.Trials · 2015Trial
- Validating a digital depression prevention program for adolescents in Jordan: cultural adaptation and user testing in a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Report of similar placebo response in one internet versus onsite randomised controlled trials from the literature.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2024Article
- 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
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Abstract
objectiveWe developed a primary care/Internet-based intervention for adolescents at risk for depression (CATCH-IT, Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral, Humanistic and Interpersonal Training). This phase II clinical trial compares two forms of primary care provider (PCP) engagement (motivational interview [MI] and brief advice [BA]) for adolescents using the Internet program.
methodADOLESCENTS SCREENING POSITIVE FOR DEPRESSION WERE RECRUITED FROM PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES AND RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO A VERSION OF THE
interventionPCP MI + Internet program or PCP BA + Internet program. Between-group and within-group comparisons were conducted on depressive disorder outcome measures at baseline and one-year post-enrollment. Regression analyses examined factors predicting declines in depressed mood.
resultsBoth groups demonstrated significant within-group decreases in depressed mood, loneliness, and self-harm ideation. While no between-group differences were noted in depressed mood or depressive disorder measures at one-year, fewer participants in the MI group had experienced a depressive episode. Greater participant automatic negative thoughts and more favorable ratings of a component of the Internet-based training experience predicted declines in depressed mood at one-year.
conclusionsA primary care/Internet-based intervention for depression prevention demonstrated sustained reductions in depressed mood, and, when coupled with motivational interviewing, reduction in the likelihood of being diagnosed with a depressive episode. This tool may help extend the services at the disposal of a primary care provider and can provide a bridge for adolescents at risk for depression prior to referral to mental health specialists.
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