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Validation of a Modified Early Warning Score-linked Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) communication tool: a mixed methods study
Childhood depression: An outcome research project
This chapter presents the findings of a prospective, randomized comparative outcome study of the effect of time-limited individual child psychotherapy and systemic family therapy on severely depressed young people funded by a BIOMED ERC grant. The current trend for combining the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches (Midgley 2006) addresses the need both to provide evidence of effectiveness in terms that are accepted in the wider professional community of non-psychoanalytic workers and to examine the process of treatment in a manner that is meaningful to psychotherapists and may shed light on what factors contribute to improvement
Self-Esteem and Social Adjustment in Depressed Youths: A Randomized Trial Comparing Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Family Therapy
Childhood depression: a place for psychotherapy - An outcome study comparing individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and family therapy
Background Although considered clinically effective, there is little
systematic research confirming the use of Individual Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy or Family Therapy as treatments for depression in children
and young adolescents. Aims A clinical trial assessed the effectiveness
of these two forms of psychotherapy in treating moderate and severe
depression in this age group. Methods A randomised control trial was
conducted with 72 patients aged 9-15 years allocated to one of two
treatment groups. Results Significant reductions in disorder rates were
seen for both Individual Therapy and Family Therapy. A total of 74.3%
of cases were no longer clinically depressed following Individual
Therapy and 75.7% of cases were no longer clinically depressed
following Family Therapy. This included cases of Dysthymia and “Double
Depression” (co-existing Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymia).
There was also an overall reduction in co-morbid conditions across the
study. The changes in both treatment groups were persistent and there
was ongoing improvement. At follow up six months after treatment had
ended, 100% of cases in the Individual Therapy group, and 81% of cases
in the Family Therapy group were no longer clinically depressed.
Conclusions This study provides evidence supporting the use of focused
forms of both Individual Psychodynamic Therapy and Family Therapy for
moderate to severe depression in children and young adolescents
Childhood depression. A place for psychotherapy. An outcome study comparing individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and family therapy.
Although considered clinically effective, there is little systematic research confirming the use of Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy or Family Therapy as treatments for depression in children and young adolescents. A clinical trial assessed the effectiveness of these two forms of psychotherapy in treating moderate and severe depression in this age group. A randomised control trial was conducted with 72 patients aged 9–15 years allocated to one of two treatment groups. Significant reductions in disorder rates were seen for both Individual Therapy and Family Therapy. A total of 74.3% of cases were no longer clinically depressed following Individual Therapy and 75.7% of cases were no longer clinically depressed following Family Therapy. This included cases of Dysthymia and “Double Depression” (co-existing Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymia). There was also an overall reduction in co-morbid conditions across the study. The changes in both treatment groups were persistent and there was ongoing improvement. At follow up six months after treatment had ended, 100% of cases in the Individual Therapy group, and 81% of cases in the Family Therapy group were no longer clinically depressed. This study provides evidence supporting the use of focused forms of both Individual Psychodynamic Therapy and Family Therapy for moderate to severe depression in children and young adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR