The Adolescent Behavioral Activation Program: Adapting Behavioral Activation as a Treatment for Depression in Adolescence.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
; 45(3): 291-304, 2016.
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| ID: mdl-25602170
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to examine implementation feasibility and initial treatment outcomes of a behavioral activation (BA) based treatment for adolescent depression, the Adolescent Behavioral Activation Program (A-BAP). A randomized, controlled trial was conducted with 60 clinically referred adolescents with a depressive disorder who were randomized to receive either 14 sessions of A-BAP or uncontrolled evidenced-based practice for depression. The urban sample was 64% female, predominantly Non-Hispanic White (67%), and had an average age of 14.9 years. Measures of depression, global functioning, activation, and avoidance were obtained through clinical interviews and/or through parent and adolescent self-report at preintervention and end of intervention. Intent-to-treat linear mixed effects modeling and logistic regression analysis revealed that both conditions produced statistically significant improvement from pretreatment to end of treatment in depression, global functioning, and activation and avoidance. There were no significant differences across treatment conditions. These findings provide the first step in establishing the efficacy of BA as a treatment for adolescent depression and support the need for ongoing research on BA as a way to enhance the strategies available for treatment of depression in this population.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Behavior Therapy
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Depression
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Depressive Disorder
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Implementation_research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
Journal subject:
PEDIATRIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article