Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Depression

In brief

This study examines the impact of a group cognitive behavioral program aimed at preventing depressive disorders and symptoms in adolescents at risk for developing depression.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00073671

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

316

Starts

2003-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-01-31

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A parent has had a depressive disorder during child's life
• Adolescent has had a past depressive episode or has current subsyndromal depressive symptoms measured on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

You may not qualify if…

• adolescent or parent ever diagnosed with bipolar I or schizophrenia;
• adolescent has a current DSM-IV mood disorder diagnosis

Where it is running

• Harvard University Medical School — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research — Portland, Oregon, United States
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Vanderbilt University — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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