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Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2019

Parent-teen communication predicts treatment benefit for depressed and suicidal adolescents.

Abigail Zisk, Caroline H Abbott, Nadia Bounoua, Guy S Diamond, Roger Kobak

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05865834 (Effectiveness of E-health Intervention Using Smart Phone App to Reduce Anxiety & Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05865834 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of E-health Intervention Using Smart Phone App to Reduce Anxiety & Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorAga Khan UniversityRan2023 to 2023Enrolled200ConditionsMental Disorder in Adolescence, Depression in Adolescence, Anxiety DisordersArmsA smartphone application, Pictorial educational leaflets
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Trajectories of Treatment Response and Nonresponse in Youth at High Risk for Suicide.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2022
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  7. Family Dysfunction, Interpersonal Risk Factors, and Suicidal Ideation Among Marginalized Adolescents Following Psychiatric Hospitalization.Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research · 2026
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  8. Understanding the emergence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescence from a brain and behavioral developmental perspective.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  16. Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Adolescent Depression.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Abigail ZiskUniversity of Delaware.ORCID 0000-0002-5836-5593
Caroline H AbbottUniversity of Delaware.
Nadia BounouaUniversity of Delaware.
Guy S DiamondDrexel University.
Roger KobakUniversity of Delaware.

Funding

Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Suicidal AdolescentsR01MH091059 · NIMH · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, GUY SIGMOND, KOBAK, R. ROGERS · 2011 to 2015
$3.0M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH091059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAlthough there are currently several efficacious treatments for depressed and suicidal adolescents, less is known about predictors and moderators of adolescents' treatment response. A growing literature has identified family functioning as a prognostic indicator of adolescents' likelihood of benefiting from treatment. The current study tested both observational and perceived measures of family functioning as indicators of adolescents' response to 2 treatment conditions.

methodThe sample consisted of 129 depressed and suicidal adolescents (

resultsAdolescents who engaged in more uncooperative communication with their parents during a 10-min conflict discussion showed greater reductions in depressive symptoms in both treatments. Adolescents from traditionally underserved (non-White or lower income) families showed greater reductions in suicidal ideation in both treatments.

conclusionsAttachment-based family therapy and family-enhanced nondirective supportive therapy were most effective for adolescents from traditionally underserved families and adolescents who engaged in less cooperative communication with their caregivers. Observational ratings of parent-adolescent communication were better prognostic indicators of treatment response than were self-reported indicators of global family functioning. Implications for generalizing these results to other treatments for depressed and suicidal adolescents are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Indexed as

Adolescent BehaviorCommunicationObject AttachmentOutcome Assessment, Health CareParent-Child RelationsSuicidal IdeationAdolescentBehavior Observation TechniquesDepressionFamily TherapyFemaleHumansMaleSelf Report

Identifiers

PMID31647277
PMCPMC6856407

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