ReviewTranslational psychiatry2021
Facilitating improvements in young people's social relationships to prevent or treat depression: A review of empirically supported interventions.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early interventions for first onset of symptoms of mental health conditions: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Social connection interventions and depression in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of peer support from a person with lived experience of mental health challenges for young people with anxiety and depression: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- The effectiveness of Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training for adolescents with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Did national implementation of interpersonal counseling improve adolescent depression treatment pathways in primary care? Protocol for a longitudinal cohort study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Neuroticism and adolescent depression in China: a chain mediation model of interpersonal sensitivity and loneliness.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Social Reward Responsiveness Moderates the Association between Perceived Social Competence and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Sex differences in the network structures of depressive symptom profiles in Asian patients with depressive disorders: findings from the Research on Asian Psychotropic Patterns for Antidepressants, Phase 3.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2025Article
- Child psychological maltreatment, depression, psychological inflexibility and difficulty in identifying feelings, a moderated mediation model.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The Relationship Between Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Depression Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
- Mindfulness mediates the association between chronotype and depressive symptoms in young adults.PloS one · 2025Article
- Active Inference in Psychology and Psychiatry: Progress to Date?Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Educational inequalities in major depressive disorder prevalence, timing and duration among adults over the life course: a microsimulation analysis based on the Lifelines Cohort Study.European journal of public health · 2024Article
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- Psychological Factors Influencing Achievement of Senior High School Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Social Support and Family Functioning during Adolescence: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Facilitating improvements in young people's social relationships to prevent or treat depression: there's an app for that.Translational psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
Interpersonal difficulties are often implicated in the onset of depressive disorders, and typically exacerbate depressive symptoms. This is particularly true for young people, given rapid changes in, and the increased importance of, their social relationships. The purpose of this narrative review was to identify empirically supported interventions that aim to prevent or treat depression in young people by facilitating improvements in their social environment. We conducted a search of controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses of such interventions, published between 1980 and June 2020. Our literature search and interpretation of results was informed by consultations with clinical experts and youth consumers and advocates. A number of promising approaches were identified with respect to prevention and treatment. Preliminary evidence was identified suggesting that school- and Internet-based approaches present a viable means to prevent the worsening of depressive symptoms in young people. Notably, delivering interpersonal psychotherapy-adolescent skills training (IPT-AST) in schools appears to be a promising early intervention strategy for young people at risk of full-threshold depressive disorder. In terms of treating depressive disorders in young people, there is strong evidence for the efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents (IPT-A), and preliminary evidence in favour of attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). Results are discussed with respect to recommendations for future research and practice.
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