ReviewAdolescent health, medicine and therapeutics2014
Family support programs and adolescent mental health: review of evidence.
Review in Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Metacognitive interventions for adolescents with mental disorders: a scoping review.Pediatric research · 2026Pooled it
- Body image resources for parents of youth: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Communication Technology Use by Caregivers of Adolescents With Mental Health Issues: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of a Combination Economic Empowerment and Family Strengthening Intervention on Psychosocial Well-being Among Ugandan Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Suubi4Her).The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Trial
- Effect of MyTeen SMS-Based Mobile Intervention for Parents of Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2019Trial
- Evaluation of MyTeen - a SMS-based mobile intervention for parents of adolescents: a randomised controlled trial protocol.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Stress-diathesis based predictors of depression and anxiety trajectories in adolescence: a population-based longitudinal cohort study.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
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- Connotation and Mechanism of Family Support for Patients with Chronic Diseases Under the Perspective of Health Promotion-A Scoping Review of Reviews.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
- Family-Centered Care in Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Mental Health Treatment in the United States: A Case Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Understanding the mental health of adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa through participatory research.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Family Support and Depression among Adolescents Living with HIV in Northern Nigeria.Current HIV research · 2025Article
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- A prospective study of financial worry, mental health changes and the moderating effect of social support among Canadian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2024Article
- The Acceptability of a Psychoeducation and Skill-Based Training for Carers and Teachers to Cope with Risky Behaviours in Adolescence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Examining the Effect of a Parent-to-Parent Intervention for Low-Income Youth with Serious Emotional and Behavioral Challenges.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Mental health problems and resilience in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in a post-armed conflict area in Colombia.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Pathways of Adolescent Life Satisfaction Association with Family Support, Structure and Affluence: A Cross-National Comparative Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- The Importance of Anti-Racism in Trauma-Informed Family Engagement.Administration and policy in mental health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Family support programs aim to improve parent wellbeing and parenting as well as adolescent mental and behavioral health by addressing the needs of parents of adolescents experiencing or at risk for mental health problems. Family support programs can be part of the treatment for adolescents diagnosed with mental or behavioral health problems, or family support programs can be delivered as prevention programs designed to prevent the onset or escalation of mental or behavioral health problems. This review discusses the rationale for family support programs and describes the range of services provided by family support programs. The primary focus of the review is on evaluating the effectiveness of family support programs as treatments or prevention efforts delivered by clinicians or peers. Two main themes emerged from the review. First, family support programs that included more forms of support evidenced higher levels of effectiveness than family support programs that provided fewer forms of support. Discussion of this theme focuses on individual differences in client needs and program adaptions that may facilitate meeting diverse needs. Second, family support prevention programs appear to be most effective when serving individuals more in need of mental and behavioral health services. Discussion of this theme focuses on the intensity versus breadth of the services provided in prevention programs. More rigorous evaluations of family support programs are needed, especially for peer-delivered family support treatments.
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