Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2016
A Randomized Depression Prevention Trial Comparing Interpersonal Psychotherapy--Adolescent Skills Training to Group Counseling in Schools.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing fidelity measurements in school-based anxiety, depression and suicide prevention programs: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training for adolescents with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of School-Based Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Prevention Programs for Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Pooled it
- Personalized Depression Prevention: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Optimize Effects Through Risk-Informed Personalization.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Parent-teen communication predicts treatment benefit for depressed and suicidal adolescents.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Trial
- Trajectories of change in maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms in the depression prevention initiative.Journal of affective disorders · 2019Trial
- Critical Decision Points for Augmenting Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents: A Pilot Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2019Trial
- The Depression Prevention Initiative: Impact on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in a Randomized Trial.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2019Trial
- The Depression Prevention Initiative: Mediators of Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Trial
- Personalized Depression Prevention Reduces Dependent Stressors Among Adolescents: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Trial
- Comparative efficacy of non-pharmacological therapies in adolescents with subthreshold depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Implementation Feasibility and Hidden Costs of Statewide Scaling of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Review
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- Accessible mental well-being intervention for adolescents in school settings: a single-group intervention study using a pretest-post-test design.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
- The Depression Prevention Initiative: Trauma as a Moderator of Prevention Outcomes.Journal of emotional and behavioral disorders · 2022Article
- Facilitating improvements in young people's social relationships to prevent or treat depression: A review of empirically supported interventions.Translational psychiatry · 2021Review
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training With Youth From Asian American and Immigrant Families: Cultural Considerations and Intervention Process.Cognitive and behavioral practice · 2021Article
- Aligning dissemination and implementation science with health policies to improve children's mental health.The American psychologist · 2020Article
- Culturally and developmentally adapting group interpersonal therapy for adolescents with depression in rural Nepal.BMC psychology · 2020Article
- Lessons Learned About Barriers to Implementing School-Based Interventions for Adolescents: Ideas for Enhancing Future Research and Clinical Projects.Cognitive and behavioral practice · 2019Article
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Abstract
Given the rise in depression disorders in adolescence, it is important to develop and study depression prevention programs for this age group. The current study examined the efficacy of Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST), a group prevention program for adolescent depression, in comparison to group programs that are typically delivered in school settings. In this indicated prevention trial, 186 adolescents with elevated depression symptoms were randomized to receive IPT-AST delivered by research staff or group counseling (GC) delivered by school counselors. Hierarchical linear modeling examined differences in rates of change in depressive symptoms and overall functioning from baseline to the 6-month follow-up assessment. Cox regression compared rates of depression diagnoses. Adolescents in IPT-AST showed significantly greater improvements in self-reported depressive symptoms and evaluator-rated overall functioning than GC adolescents from baseline to the 6-month follow-up. However, there were no significant differences between the two conditions in onset of depression diagnoses. Although both intervention conditions demonstrated significant improvements in depressive symptoms and overall functioning, results indicate that IPT-AST has modest benefits over groups run by school counselors which were matched on frequency and duration of sessions. In particular, IPT-AST outperformed GC in reduction of depressive symptoms and improvements in overall functioning. These findings point to the clinical utility of this depression prevention program, at least in the short-term. Additional follow-up is needed to determine the long-term effects of IPT-AST, relative to GC, particularly in preventing depression onset.
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