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Trial reportJournal of abnormal child psychology2018

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of a Family-Based Adolescent Depression Intervention on both Youth and Parent Mental Health Outcomes.

Lucinda A Poole, Tess Knight, John W Toumbourou, Dan I Lubman, Melanie D Bertino, Andrew J Lewis

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Chronic stress and adiposity in youth-parent dyads: An actor-partner interdependence analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025
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  13. Occupational Performance Coaching for Children With Neurodisability: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2024
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  14. The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2024
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  16. [The German S3 guideline for depressive disorders in childhood and adolescence: new developments].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023
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  18. Psychological Treatments for Depression in Adolescents: More Than Three Decades Later.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  19. Evaluating the effectiveness of the Family Connections program for caregivers of youth with mental health challenges, part I: A quantitative analysis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lucinda A PooleSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Tess KnightSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
John W ToumbourouSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Dan I LubmanTurning Point, Eastern Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Melanie D BertinoThe Victorian Rehabilitation Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Andrew J LewisSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. a.lewis@murdoch.edu.au.
Deakin University · AUEastern Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents findings from a multi-centre, double-blind, randomized controlled trial that tested the hypothesis that parent and youth mental health improvements would be superior in a family-based intervention for adolescent depression (BEST MOOD) compared to a treatment-as-usual supportive parenting program (PAST). Eligible participants were families with a young person aged between 12 and 18 years who met diagnostic criteria for a depressive disorder (major, minor or dysthymic). Participating families (N = 64; 73.4% of youth were female) were recruited in Victoria, Australia and allocated to treatment condition using a block randomization procedure (parallel design) with two levels of blinding. This paper reports on the trial's secondary outcomes on youth and parent mental health. General linear mixed models were used to examine the longitudinal effect of treatment group on outcome. Data were analyzed according to intention-to-treat; 31 families were analyzed in BEST MOOD, and 33 families in PAST. Parents in the BEST MOOD group experienced significantly greater reductions in stress and depressive symptoms than parents in the PAST group at 3-month follow-up. A greater reduction in parental anxiety was observed in the BEST MOOD group (d = 0.35) compared with PAST (d = 0.02), although the between-group difference was not significant. Both groups of youth showed similar levels of improvement in depressive symptoms at post-treatment (d = 0.83 and 0.80 respectively), which were largely sustained at a 3-month follow-up. The family-based BEST MOOD intervention appeared superior to treatment-as-usual (PAST) in demonstrating greater reductions in parental stress and depression. Both interventions produced large reductions in youth depressive symptoms.

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Outcome Assessment, Health CareParent-Child RelationsAdolescentAdultAnxietyChildDepressionDepressive DisorderDouble-Blind MethodFamily TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleObject AttachmentParentingAdolescentDepressionFamily-based interventionParental mental healthRandomized controlled trial

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PMID28374218
OpenAlexW2604739078

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