Status:

COMPLETED

Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Conditions:

Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

13-17 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Depression is a prevalent, chronic, and impairing condition that is often undetected and becomes more difficult to treat as chronicity increases. There is an increasing need to conduct large-scale dep...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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)

Exclusion

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

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

316 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00073671

Start Date

March 1 2003

End Date

January 1 2009

Last Update

January 31 2022

Active Locations (4)

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Harvard University Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115-5794

2

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227

3

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213-2593

4

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203-5721