INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR DEPRESSED ADOLESCENTS

Authors
Citation
D. Moreau et L. Mufson, INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR DEPRESSED ADOLESCENTS, Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 6(1), 1997, pp. 97
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
ISSN journal
10564993
Volume
6
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
1056-4993(1997)6:1<97:IPFDA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents is an innovative , brief psychotherapy designed to meet the developmental tasks of adol escence and to address the clinical aspects of adolescent depression a nd treatment barriers. It was the first psychotherapy for this populat ion specified in a treatment manual and is one of the few psychotherap ies undergoing rigorous scientific testing to assess efficacy.