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Trial reportEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2016

Behavioral activation for late adolescents with subthreshold depression: a randomized controlled trial.

Koki Takagaki, Yasumasa Okamoto, Ran Jinnin, Asako Mori, Yoshiko Nishiyama, Takanao Yamamura, Satoshi Yokoyama, Syouichi Shiota, Yuri Okamoto, Yoshie Miyake and 6 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Koki TakagakiDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Yasumasa OkamotoDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan. oy@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
Ran JinninDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Asako MoriDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Yoshiko NishiyamaDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Takanao YamamuraDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Satoshi YokoyamaDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Syouichi ShiotaDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Yuri OkamotoHealth Service Center, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1, Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshimashi, Hiroshima, 739-8511, Japan.
Yoshie MiyakeHealth Service Center, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1, Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshimashi, Hiroshima, 739-8511, Japan.
Akiko OgataDepartment of Psychology, Hiroshima University, 1-1-1, Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshimashi, Hiroshima, 739-8511, Japan.
Yoshihiko KunisatoDepartment of Psychology, School of Human Sciences, Senshu University, 2-1-1, Higashi-Mita, Tama, Kawasaki, 214-8580, Japan.
Haruki ShimodaDepartment of Psychiatry of Mental Health, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Norito KawakamiDepartment of Psychiatry of Mental Health, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Toshi A FurukawaDepartment of Health Promotion and Human Behavior and of Clinical Epidemiology, Kyouto University Graduate school of Medicine/School of Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Shigeto YamawakiDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Hiroshima University · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPSenshu University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main behavioral characteristic of subthreshold depression that is observed in adolescents is the low frequency of exposure to environmental rewards. Therefore, it was considered that a simple intervention conducted in short sessions, focusing on increasing access to positively reinforcing activities, would be efficacious in increasing the availability of rewards. We conduct a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of such a behavioral activation program that was conducted weekly for 5 weeks in 60-min sessions. Late adolescent university students aged 18-19 years with subthreshold depression were randomly allocated to a treatment (n = 62) or a control group (n = 56). The primary outcome of the study was the Beck Depression Inventory-II score. Results indicated that late adolescent students in the treatment group showed significant improvements in their depressive symptoms (effect size -0.90, 95 % CI -1.28 to -0.51) compared to the control group. Students in the treatment group also showed significant improvements in self-reported rating of quality of life and in behavioral characteristics. It is concluded that this intervention had a large and significant effect despite being short and simple and that this low-intensity cognitive behavioral therapy program could be conducted in many different types of institutions. It is suggested that the long-term effects of the treatment program should be targeted for investigation in future studies.

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RewardAdolescentAdultBehavior TherapyDepressionFemaleHumansMaleQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultBehavioral activationLate adolescentRandomized controlled trialSubthreshold depression

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