SynthesisClinical child psychology and psychiatry2023
Family therapy for adolescents with depression and suicidal ideation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Effectiveness of interventions for anxiety and depression in children and young people: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions for suicidal and self-injurious related behaviors in adolescents with psychiatric disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of Reframe-IT + to prevent suicidal ideation and other mental health outcomes among adolescents in Chile: 3-month, 6-month and 10-month follow-up.BMC psychology · 2026Trial
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- Prevalence and attributable risk of depressive and anxiety symptoms among secondary school students: the role of maternal mental health and other risk factors.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
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- The association between entrapment and suicidality in adolescents with depressive disorders: a moderated mediation analysis involving depressive symptoms and gender.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone, fasting blood glucose and suicidal ideation in Chinese adolescents with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Clinical practice guideline for assessment and management of depression in India.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Nomogram for suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury risk assessment in Dehong District nursing staff: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a brief entrapment scale for adolescents with depression: psychometric evaluation and suicide risk prediction.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effects of impulsive personality on suicide in adolescent depression: The chain mediating of perceived social adversity and security.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- BRAVA: A randomized controlled trial of a brief group intervention for youth with suicidal ideation and their caregivers.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- A qualitative study of parental caregiving experience in adolescents with depression from the perspective of positive psychology in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Thematic analysis of narrated reasons for suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents in psychological counseling.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Culturally informed and flexible family based treatment for adolescents: enhancements to better serve adolescents with self-harm behavior.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Construction of a Nomogram Prediction Model for Individualized Prediction of the Risk of Non Suicidal Self Injury in Adolescent Depression Patients.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Article
- Efficacy of vigorous physical activity as an intervention for mitigating depressive symptoms in adolescents and young adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Suicidal Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2024Review
- The Association between Perceived Family Financial Stress and Adolescent Suicide Ideation: A Moderated Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo systematically review and meta-analyze the effectiveness of family therapy compared to other active treatments for adolescents with depressive disorders or suicidal ideation.
methodWe conducted a systematic search of The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, AMED, CINAHL and Web of Science and performed two meta-analyses of outcomes for depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation.
resultsWe screened 5,940 records and identified 10 randomized controlled studies of family therapy for depressive disorder or suicidal ideation in adolescents with an active treatment comparison group. Nine studies reported outcome measures of depressive symptoms and four reported outcome measures of suicidal ideation. The meta-analysis showed no significant difference between family therapy and active comparison treatments for end-of-treatment levels of depression. For suicidal ideation our meta-analysis showed a significant effect in favour of family therapy over comparison treatments for suicidal ideation.
conclusionsBased on the current body of research, we found that family therapy is not superior to other psychotherapies in the treatment of depressive disorder. However, family therapy leads to significantly improved outcomes for suicidal ideation, compared to other psychotherapies. The evidence for the treatment of depression is of low quality needs more research.
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