ebook img

Psychological and educational interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents PDF

278 Pages·2011·2.47 MB·English
by  
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview Psychological and educational interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents

Psychological and educational interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents (Review) Merry SN, Hetrick SE, Cox GR, Brudevold-Iversen T, Bir JJ, McDowell H ThisisareprintofaCochranereview,preparedandmaintainedbyTheCochraneCollaborationandpublishedinTheCochraneLibrary 2011,Issue12 http://www.thecochranelibrary.com Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS HEADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PLAINLANGUAGESUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Figure1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Figure2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Figure4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Figure6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Figure7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Figure8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Figure9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Figure10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 AUTHORS’CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CHARACTERISTICSOFSTUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 DATAANDANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Analysis1.1.Comparison1Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare,Outcome1 Depressivedisorder(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Analysis1.2.Comparison1Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare,Outcome2 Depressivedisorder(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Analysis1.3.Comparison1Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare,Outcome3 Depressivedisorder(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Analysis1.4.Comparison1Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare,Outcome4 Depressivedisorders(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Analysis1.5.Comparison1Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare,Outcome5 Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Analysis1.6.Comparison1Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare,Outcome6 Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Analysis1.7.Comparison1Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare,Outcome7 Depressionscores(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Analysis1.8.Comparison1Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare,Outcome8 Depressionscores(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Analysis2.1.Comparison2Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention,Outcome 1Depressivedisorder(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Analysis2.2.Comparison2Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention,Outcome 2Depressivedisorder(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Analysis2.3.Comparison2Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention,Outcome 3Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Analysis2.4.Comparison2Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention,Outcome 4Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Analysis2.5.Comparison2Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention,Outcome 5Depressionscores(bygender). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Analysis3.1.Comparison3Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcarethreetonine months,Outcome1Depressivedisorder(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) i Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. Analysis3.2.Comparison3Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcarethreetonine months,Outcome2Depressivedisorder(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Analysis3.3.Comparison3Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcarethreetonine months,Outcome3Depressivedisorder(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Analysis3.4.Comparison3Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcarethreetonine months,Outcome4Depressivedisorder(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Analysis3.5.Comparison3Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcarethreetonine months,Outcome5Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Analysis3.6.Comparison3Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcarethreetonine months,Outcome6Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Analysis3.7.Comparison3Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcarethreetonine months,Outcome7Depressionscores(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Analysis3.8.Comparison3Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcarethreetonine months,Outcome8Depressionscores(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Analysis4.1.Comparison4Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherinterventionthreeto ninemonths,Outcome1Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Analysis4.2.Comparison4Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherinterventionthreeto ninemonths,Outcome2Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Analysis5.1.Comparison5Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare12months, Outcome1Depressivedisorder(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Analysis5.2.Comparison5Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare12months, Outcome2Depressivedisorder(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Analysis5.3.Comparison5Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare12months, Outcome3Depressivedisorder(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Analysis5.4.Comparison5Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare12months, Outcome4Depressivedisorder(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Analysis5.5.Comparison5Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare12months, Outcome5Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Analysis5.6.Comparison5Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare12months, Outcome6Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Analysis5.7.Comparison5Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare12months, Outcome7Depressionscores(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Analysis5.8.Comparison5Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare12months, Outcome8Depressionscores(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Analysis6.1.Comparison6Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention12months, Outcome1Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Analysis6.2.Comparison6Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention12months, Outcome2Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Analysis6.3.Comparison6Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention12months, Outcome3Depressionscores(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Analysis7.1.Comparison7Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare24months, Outcome1Depressivedisorder(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Analysis7.2.Comparison7Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare24months, Outcome2Depressivedisorder(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Analysis7.3.Comparison7Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare24months, Outcome3Depressivedisorder(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Analysis7.4.Comparison7Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare24months, Outcome4Depressivedisorder(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Analysis7.5.Comparison7Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare24months, Outcome5Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Analysis7.6.Comparison7Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare24months, Outcome6Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) ii Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. Analysis7.7.Comparison7Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare24months, Outcome7Depressionscores(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Analysis7.8.Comparison7Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare24months, Outcome8Depressionscores(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Analysis8.1.Comparison8Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention24months, Outcome1Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Analysis8.2.Comparison8Psychological/educationalinterventionversusplacebo/attention/otherintervention24months, Outcome2Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Analysis9.1.Comparison9Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare36months, Outcome1Depressivedisorder(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Analysis9.2.Comparison9Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare36months, Outcome2Depressivedisorder(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Analysis9.3.Comparison9Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare36months, Outcome3Depressionscores(bypopulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Analysis9.4.Comparison9Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare36months, Outcome4Depressionscores(byintervention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Analysis9.5.Comparison9Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare36months, Outcome5Depressionscores(bysex). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Analysis9.6.Comparison9Psychological/educationalinterventionversusnointervention/wait-list/usualcare36months, Outcome6Depressionscores(byrisk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 WHAT’SNEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 CONTRIBUTIONSOFAUTHORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 DECLARATIONSOFINTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 SOURCESOFSUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 DIFFERENCESBETWEENPROTOCOLANDREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 INDEXTERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) iii Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. [InterventionReview] Psychological and educational interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents SallyNMerry1,SarahEHetrick2,GeorginaRCox2,TessaBrudevold-Iversen1,JullietJBir3,HeatherMcDowell4 1Departmentof Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland,Auckland, NewZealand.2Centreof Excellencein YouthMental Health,OrygenYouth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 3DepartmentofPsychiatry,UniversityofAuckland,Auckland,NewZealand.4ConsultLiaisonTeam,StarshipHospital,Auckland, NewZealand Contactaddress:SallyNMerry,DepartmentofPsychologicalMedicine,UniversityofAuckland,PrivateBag92019,Auckland,New [email protected]. Editorialgroup:CochraneDepression,AnxietyandNeurosisGroup. Publicationstatusanddate:Newsearchforstudiesandcontentupdated(conclusionschanged),publishedinIssue12,2011. Reviewcontentassessedasup-to-date: 22July2010. Citation: MerrySN,HetrickSE,CoxGR,Brudevold-IversenT,BirJJ,McDowellH.Psychologicalandeducationalinterventions forpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents.CochraneDatabaseofSystematicReviews2011,Issue12.Art.No.:CD003380. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD003380.pub3. Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. ABSTRACT Background Depressioniscommoninyoungpeople,hasamarkednegativeimpactandisassociatedwithself-harmandsuicide.Preventingitsonset wouldbeanimportantadvanceinpublichealth. Objectives Todeterminewhetherpsychologicaloreducationalinterventions,orboth,areeffectiveinpreventingtheonsetofdepressivedisorder inchildrenandadolescents. Searchmethods TheCochraneDepression,AnxietyandNeurosisReviewGroup’strialsregisters(CCDANCTR)weresearchedattheeditorialbase inJuly2010. UpdatesearchesofMEDLINE,EMBASE,PsycINFOandERICwereconductedbytheauthorsinSeptember2009. Conferenceabstracts,referencelistsofincludedstudiesandreviewsweresearchedandexpertsinthefieldcontacted. Selectioncriteria Randomisedcontrolledtrialsofpsychologicaloreducationalpreventionprogrammes,orboth,comparedwithplacebo,anycomparison intervention,ornointerventionforyoungpeopleaged5to19years-old,whodidnotcurrentlymeetdiagnosticcriteriafordepression orwhowerebelowtheclinicalrangeonstandardised,validated,andreliableratingscalesofdepression,orboth,wereincluded. Datacollectionandanalysis Twoauthorsindependentlyassessedstudiesforinclusionandratedtheirquality.Samplesizeswereadjustedtotakeaccountofcluster designsandmultiplecomparisons.Wecontactedstudyauthorsforadditionalinformationwhereneeded. Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) 1 Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. Mainresults Fifty-three studies including 14,406 participants were included in the analysis. There were only six studies with clear allocation concealment,participantsandassessorsweremostlynotblindtotheinterventionorblindingwasunclearsothattheoverallriskof biaswasmoderatelyhigh.Sixteenstudiesincluding3240participantsreportedoutcomesondepressivediagnosis.Theriskofhaving adepressivedisorderpost-interventionwasreducedimmediatelycomparedwithnointervention(15studies;3115participantsrisk difference(RD)-0.09;95%confidenceinterval(CI)-0.14to-0.05;P<0.0003),atthreetoninemonths(14studies;1842participants; RD-0.11;95%CI-0.16to-0.06)andat12months(10studies;1750participants;RD-0.06;95%CI-0.11to-0.01).Therewasno evidenceforcontinuedefficacyat24months(eightstudies;2084participant;RD-0.01;95%CI-0.04to0.03)butlimitedevidence ofefficacyat36months(twostudies;464participants;RD-0.10;95%CI-0.19to-0.02).Therewassignificantheterogeneityinall thesefindings.Therewasnoevidenceofefficacyinthefewstudiesthatcomparedinterventionwithplaceboorattentioncontrols. Authors’conclusions Thereissomeevidencefromthisreviewthattargetedanduniversaldepressionpreventionprogrammesmaypreventtheonsetofdepres- sivedisorderscomparedwithnointervention.However,allocationconcealmentisunclearinmoststudies,andthereisheterogeneity inthefindings.Thepersistenceoffindingssuggeststhatthisisrealandnotaplaceboeffect. PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents Depressivedisorderiscommonandhasamajorimpactonthefunctioningofyoungpeople.Theaimofthisreviewwastoassessthe effectivenessofprogrammesdesignedtopreventitsonset. Wefoundthat,comparedwithnointervention,psychologicaldepressionpreventionprogrammeswereeffectiveinpreventingdepression withanumberofstudiesshowingadecreaseinepisodesofdepressiveillnessoverayear.Thereweresomeproblemswiththewaythe studiesweredone butdespitethistheresultsareencouraging. Wefounddatatosupportbothtargetedanduniversal programmes, whichisimportantasuniversalprogrammesarelikelytobeeasiertoimplement.Werecommendthatfurtherresearchbeundertaken toidentifythemosteffectiveprogrammesandtotesttheseintherealworld. BACKGROUND therequestoftheWorldBankandsupportedbytheWorldHealth Organizationrankeddepressivedisorderfourthintheestimateof Descriptionofthecondition diseaseburden,aheadofischaemicheartdisease,cerebrovascular disease and tuberculosis (Murray 1997). The authors predicted Depressionisacommonprobleminyoungpeople.Overallpreva- depressionwouldbesecondinthecauseofdisabilitybytheyear lencerates,measuredfrompointprevalenceupto12monthpe- 2020(Ustun1999;Murray1997a)andin2002theirpredictions riodprevalence,fromalargemeta-analysiswereestimatedat2.8% provedtobecorrect,withdepressivedisordersrankedsecond in forchildrenundertheageof13and5.6%foryoungpeopleaged developedcountries, andfirst indevelopingcountrieswithlow 13to18years(Costello2006).Ratesrisesteeplyinadolescence mortality(Mathers2004).Becauseofthistherehasbeeninterest (Feehan1993;Feehan1994;Fergusson 1993;Fergusson 2001). inthedevelopmentofprogrammesaimedatpreventingtheonset By the age of 19, between a fifth and a quarter of young peo- ofdepression,withanumberofstudiesbeingpublishedinthelast ple have suffered from a depressive disorder (Lewinsohn 1993; twodecades. Lewinsohn1998).Depressioninyoungpeopleisassociatedwith pooracademicperformance,socialdysfunction,substanceabuse, andattemptedandcompletedsuicide(Birmaher1996;Birmaher 1996a;Brent1986;Brent2002;Fleming1993;Rao1995;Rhode Descriptionoftheintervention 1994).TheGlobalBurdenofDiseasestudy,initiatedin1992at Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) 2 Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. Prevention can be universal, where the intervention is imple- ders,somepsychologicaltheoriesproposethatindividualfactors mentedforadesignatedpopulationregardlessofrisk,ortargeted createapredispositiontodevelopingdepressivedisorders,andal- toapopulation athighriskfor thedisorder. Targetedinterven- ternativelymayprovideamodelforpromotingresilienceinthe tions can be furtherclassifiedinto selectiveinterventions which faceofstress.Thesetheorieshaveledtothedevelopmentof ef- focus on populations with a risk factor for disorder e.g. family fectivetreatmentsfordepressivedisorderinyoungpeopleandare history,andindicatedinterventionswhichfocusonpopulations oftenusedtoprovide atheoreticalbasis forthedevelopmentof with symptoms or signs suggestive of incipient disorder. Some preventionprogrammes. selective interventions target risk factors for depression, such as Beckdevelopedcognitivebehaviouraltherapybasedonhiscogni- trauma, topreventlong-termsequelae.Theprimary targetmay tivemodelofdepression(Beck1976).Heproposedthatindividu- not be depression, although the effect on depression may have alspronetodepressionhavecognitivedistortionswhichresultina beenmeasuredalongwithotheroutcomes.Earlyinterventionmay negativeviewofthemselves,theworldandthefuture.Incognitive beconsideredpreventionortreatment.TheInstituteofMedicine behavioural therapy(CBT), peoplelearntomonitor andevalu- Report(Mrazek1994)andtheupdatedreport(O’Connell2009) atetheirthoughts,identifydifferentlevelsofmoodinthemselves, recommendsthatpreventionisdefinedasthoseinterventionsthat recognisethoughtsandbehavioursthathavecontributedtothis occurpriortotheonsetofaclinicallydiagnoseddisorder. mood, and learnhow to address these.Theassociated concepts There are many psychological treatments for depression, that of “attributional style”(Abramson 1978) and “learnedhelpless- include psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive behavioural ness”(Petersen1993;Seligman1979)havealsocontributed to strategies.Themostrobustevidenceexistsfortwoparticularpsy- componentsofCBT.Thosewithapessimisticattributionalstyle chologicalinterventions:cognitivebehaviouraltherapyandinter- see negative events as a stable and enduring part of themselves, personaltherapy.Thereisevidencethatbothareeffectivetreat- while positive events are seen as transient occurrences in which mentsfordepressionandthattheymayreducerelapse,hencethe theyhaveplayednopart.Learnedhelplessnessisaphenomenonof potentialfordepressionprevention. withdrawalanddepressionthatfollowsafailuretocontrolaversive The depression prevention interventions are often delivered in events.Bothareassociatedwithasenseofhelplessnessandhope- a group setting, both to reduce cost and because a group may lessness,whichleadstopassivityinthefaceofchallengesandcon- reinforceeffectivenessbyprovidingpositivepeerexperiences.Both tributestolowmood(McCauley2001).Peoplewhoareproneto groupandindividualinterventionsusuallytakeplaceonaweekly depressionarethenlesslikelytotakeanactiveapproachtodealing basisandtypicallylastfor10to15sessions. with difficulties. Cognitive behavioural therapyusuallyincludes Family-based programmes are based on thepremise thatfamily acomponentofeffectiveproblem-solving.Cognitivebehavioural memberscaninfluenceoneanother’swell-beingandhaveasignif- therapycanalleviatesymptomsofdepressioninchildrenandado- icanteffectontheoutcomesofinterventions(Carr2006).Family- lescents(Harrington 1998;Reinecke 1998)and canpreventre- basedinterventionsoftenincludethecognitivestrategiesoutlined lapse(Paykel1999)althoughlong-termresultsinstudiesinchil- above.Implementationwithinthefamilysystemisthoughttore- drenandadolescentshavecontradictoryfindings(Fonagy2005). sultinamorerobustoutcomeasfamilydiscordisariskfactorfor Interpersonalconflict,difficultywithroletransitionsandexperi- depression. encesoflossareallwellknownasriskfactorsinthedevelopmentof Thereisevidencesupportingtheimportanceoftheschoolenvi- depressivedisorderinyoungpeople(Birmaher1996;Lewinsohn ronmentforyoungpeople’swell-being(Carr2006).Youngpeople 1994;McCauley2001;).Interpersonal therapy(IPT)addresses spendasignificantamountoftimeinschool,anddisseminating someofthesecomponentsandthereisevidenceofefficacyintreat- a programme within a school or classroom is likely to be cost- mentofteenagedepression(Bolton2003;Mufson1996;Mufson effectiveasmanyyoungpeoplecanbetaughtatthesametime. 2004). Inthisreviewwehaveincludedbothpsychologicalandeducational approachestopreventingdepression.Thekeydifferentiatingpoint isthateducationalinterventionssimplyprovideinformationabout Whyitisimportanttodothisreview depression,throughlecturesorfactsheets,whereaspsychological Since the last review was published in 2004 (Merry 2004b) a interventionsattempttochangehowpeoplethink,usingavariety largenumberofstudieshavebeenconducted,andothersareun- ofdifferentstrategies. derway. Because of the cost of depression to society, and its re- lationship to suicide attempts and completedsuicide, this is an importantpublichealthissue.Previousreviewshaveshownthat Howtheinterventionmightwork targeted programmes are potentially effective in preventing de- Theaetiologyofdepressivedisorderiscomplexandincludesbio- pressionforyoungpeople,withmoremixedresultsfromuniver- logical,psychologicalandsocialfactors(Davidson2002;Cicchetti salprogrammes(Brunwasser2009;Horowitz2006;Merry2007; 1998;Goodyer2000;McCauley2001;Lewinsohn1994).While Merry2007a).Governmentsarekeentotakeactiontoaddressthe itisclearthatasingleapproachwillnotreducealldepressivedisor- problem.However,thereisthepotentialforsuchprogrammesto Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) 3 Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. beimplementedintheabsenceofevidenceofeffectiveness.Itis ofMedicineReport(Mrazek1994;O’Connell2009),prevention timelytore-evaluatetheevidencecurrentlyavailablefortheeffec- wasclassifiedasthoseinterventionsthatoccurredpriortotheini- tivenessofdepressionpreventionprogrammes. tialonsetofaclinicallydiagnosabledisorderandincludedinter- ventionsforindividualswhohadelevatedsymptomsofdisorder butwhodidnotcurrentlymeetthecriteriaforaclinicaldisorder. Studieswithparticipantswhohadpreviouslymetdiagnosticcrite- OBJECTIVES riafordepressivedisorder,butdidnotcurrentlymeetthosecriteria andhadhadnotreatmentfordisorderwereincluded.Although Todeterminewhetherpsychologicaloreducationalinterventions, thisisnotapuristdefinitionofprevention,infactthemajority orboth,areeffectiveinpreventingtheonsetofdepressivedisorders ofstudieshavenotrigorouslyassessedwhetherornotparticipants inchildrenandadolescentsincluding: had ahistory of depressive disorder, while some of the best de- signedstudiesweidentifieddiddothis.Itwasillogicaltoexclude 1. Universalinterventions;and thesestudies,giventhattheparticipantsintheotherstudiesare 2. Targetedinterventionsaimedatyoungpeopleatriskof likelyto have also included young people with past episodes of developingadepressivedisorder(identifiedthroughelevated depressivedisorderthathavebeenunrecognisedanduntreated. depressivesymptomsorpresenceofknownriskfactors). Weincludedstudiesthattargetedariskfactorfordepressivedis- order as long as outcomes includeddepressive symptoms or di- agnosisofdepressivedisorder,orboth,eveniftheywerenotthe METHODS primaryoutcomevariable(e.g.interventionstoreducetheeffect oftrauma,wherepost-traumatic stressdisorderwastheprimary outcomevariable). Secondary and tertiary interventions, including relapse preven- Criteriaforconsideringstudiesforthisreview tion, andpharmacological interventions fordepression wereex- cluded. Inthisreviewwehaveincludedbothpsychologicalandeducational Typesofstudies preventionprogrammes.Wehavedefinedpsychologicalinterven- Randomisedcontrolledtrials(RCTs),includingclusterRCTswere tionsbroadlyasthosethattargetpsychologicalprocessesthought included. tobeinvolvedinthedevelopmentofdepressionandeducational interventionsarethosethatprovideeducationaboutdepression, itscausesandwhatcouldbedoneaboutitinabroadsense,for Typesofparticipants example lifestyle interventions such as advice to take Omega-3 Studieswereincludedifthesubjectswerechildrenandadolescents oil.However,thetwocanoverlap,especiallywhenpsychological (aged5to19years)whodidnotcurrentlymeetthecriteriafor interventionsincludesomepsycho-education. Earlystudieshave aclinicaldiagnosisofdepressiveillness,althoughtheymayhave investigatedpurelyeducationalprogrammesbutthesewerelargely had sub-clinical symptoms of depression. Studies that included ineffectiveandtheemphasissincethelastreviewhasbeenonpsy- participantswithahistoryofdepressionwereincludedifthein- chologicalinterventions.Themainmodalityemployedbyinvesti- terventionwasaimedatpreventionofdepressioninanon-clin- gatorswasbasedoncognitivebehaviouraltherapy,butsomeused icalsetting,andwheretheparticipantswerenotbeingcurrently otherapproachessuchasplaytherapy. treatedfordepression. The way interventions are delivered varies. In this review most Studies were excluded if they lacked a clear definition of par- interventionsaredeliveredingroups,butinthisreviewwehave ticipants, were on children and adolescents who metDSM-IV- somestudiesinvestigating theuseofcomputerstodeliverinter- TR(AmericanPsychiatricAssociation2000)orICD-10(World ventions. HealthOrganization2007)criteriafordepressivedisorderorfell intotheclinicalrangeonstandardised,validated,andreliablerat- ingscalesofdepressionatthestartofthestudy,orboth,orthere Typesofoutcomemeasures wasnoadequateassessmentofparticipants. Dichotomousoutcomemeasuresincludedstructuredclinicalin- terviews,yieldingdiagnosisofdepressivedisorderusingmeasures Typesofinterventions such as the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders Scale (K- Studiesondepressionpreventionwereincludediftheycompared SADS)(Kaufman1997).Otheroutcomemeasuresusedapredes- theefficacyofeducationalorpsychologicalinterventionswiththe ignatedcut-offpointonacontinuousmeasurelikelytobecorre- efficacyofplacebo,anycomparisonintervention,ornointerven- latedwithpresenceofadepressivedisorder,suchastheReynolds tioninchildrenandadolescents.AsrecommendedintheInstitute Adolescent Depression Scale (Reynolds 1986) and rating scales Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) 4 Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. providing continuous measures of depressive symptoms such as searchesofMEDLINE(1950-),EMBASE(1974-)andPsycINFO theChildren’sDepressionInventory(CDI)(Kovacs1992). (1967-); quarterly searchesof the Cochrane Central Register of ControlledTrials(CENTRAL)andreview-specificsearchesofad- ditional databases. Reportsof trialsare also sourcedfrominter- Primaryoutcomes nationaltrialsregistersc/otheWorldHealthOrganization’strials Ourprimaryoutcomeswere: portal (ICTRP) (http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/), drug compa- • prevalenceofdepressivedisorderintheinterventiongroup nies, thehandsearching of key journals, conference proceedings comparedwiththecontrolgrouppost-interventionandat andother(non-Cochrane)systematicreviewsandmeta-analyses. follow-up,measuredoneitheravalidatedmeasureofdepressive DetailsofCCDAN’sgenericsearchstrategiescanbefoundonthe disorder,oraboveacut-offonavalidated,reliable,continuous Group’swebsite. measureofdepressionindicating’caseness’;and • depressivesymptomsintheinterventiongroupcompared withthecontrolgrouppost-interventionandatfollow-up. Electronicsearches 1.TheCochraneDepression,AnxietyandNeurosisGrouptrials Themeasurementtoolsincluded: registersweresearched(toJuly2010)usingthefollowingupdated 1. ArecogniseddiagnosticsystemsuchasDSM-IV-TR searchstrategy: (AmericanPsychiatricAssociation2000)orICD-10(World CCDANCTR-StudiesRegister HealthOrganization2007); Diagnosis=(depress*ordysthymi*)and 2. Standardised,validated,andreliabledepressionratingscales AgeGroup=(child*oradolescen*orunclearor“notstated”)and suitableforchildrenandadolescents.Wheremorethanone Free-Text=(prevent*or“earlyintervention*”orriskorat-riskor outcomemeasurewasused,thehighestqualityoutcomemeasure vulnerab*or(healthandpromot*)or“healthliteracy”oreducat* wasenteredintotheanalyses.Forthisweusedahierarchybased or psychoeducat* or training or “life skill*”or school* or class- onpsychometricpropertiesandappropriatenessforusewith room*orinternet*ordivorce*ordeathorbereave*) childrenandadolescents,followingthemethoddescribedby Hazell2002,seeAppendix5. CCDANCTR-ReferencesRegister Outcomesareorganisedbyfollow-uptimepoints,includingpost Title/Abstract= (depression or depressive or dysthymi* or “de- intervention,shortertermfollow-up,whichwedefinedas3to9 pressedmood“or“mentalhealth”)and months,andlongertermfollow-upincluding12months,24and Free-text= (adolesc* or preadolesc* or pre-adolesc* or child* or 36months. boysorgirlsorjuvenil*orminorsorpre-schoolorpreschoolor paediatric* or pediatric* or pubescen* or puberty or school* or high-schoolorteen*oryoungoryouth*or(student*and(college Secondaryoutcomes oruniversit*))orundergraduate*)and Given the size of the review and variability of the data, other Free-text=(prevent*or”earlyintervention*“orriskorat-riskor secondaryoutcomes(suchasgeneral/socialadjustment,academic vulnerab*or(healthandpromot*)or”healthliteracy“oreducat* functioning, cognitive style, anxiety and suicidal ideation) were or psychoeducat* or training or ”life skill*“or school* or class- notincludedintheupdateofthereview. room*orinternet*ordivorce*ordeathorbereave*) 2.TheoriginalsearchofMEDLINE,EMBASE,PsycINFOand ERIC was in 2005. The original search terms for all databases Searchmethodsforidentificationofstudies havebeenupdated(September2009),(seeAppendix1;Appendix 2;Appendix3;Appendix4)andsearchesofthesedatabaseswere CCDAN’sSpecialisedRegister(CCDANCTR) updatedatthistime. TheCochraneDepression,AnxietyandNeurosisReviewGroup BecausetheCCDANregistersnowincluderegularsearchesofall (CCDAN)maintaintwoclinicaltrialsregistersattheireditorial thesedatabases,wedidnotundertakeanyfurthersearchesofthese baseinBristol,UK,areferencesregisterandastudies-basedregis- databasesinJuly2010. ter.TheCCDANCTR-ReferencesRegistercontainsover27,500 reportsoftrialsindepression,anxietyandneurosis.Approximately 60%ofthesereferenceshavebeentaggedtoindividual,codedtri- Searchingotherresources als.ThecodedtrialsareheldintheCCDANCTR-StudiesRegis- terandrecordsarelinkedbetweenthetworegistersthroughthe 1. Thereferencelistsofarticlesandotherreviewsretrievedin use of unique Study ID tags. Coding of trials is based on the thesearchweresearched; EU-Psicodingmanual.PleasecontacttheCCDANTrialsSearch 2. Conferenceabstracts,1994,1996,and1998-2001,forthe Co-ordinatorforfurtherdetails.Reportsoftrialsforinclusionin AmericanAcademyofChildandAdolescentPsychiatrywere theGroup’sregisters arecollatedfromroutine (weekly),generic searched; Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) 5 Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd. 3. Personalcommunication:inordertoensurethatasmanyas 3. Descriptionofintervention,includingtypee.g.CBT, possibleRCTswereidentified,theauthorsoftheincludedstudies educational;durationandintensity,whetheritwasmanualised wereconsultedtofindoutiftheyknewofanypublishedor andwhodeliveredtheintervention; unpublishedRCTsinthearea,whichhadnotyetbeenidentified. 4. Typeofplacebo/control/comparison,e.g.wait-list,no intervention,placebo. Datacollectionandanalysis Measures 1. Assessmentinstruments; Selectionofstudies 2. Assessmentintervals. Theselectionoftrialsforinclusionintheupdateofthereviewwas performedindependently by at leasttwo of the review authors. Whereatitleor abstractappearedtodescribeatrialeligiblefor Outcomes inclusion,weobtainedthefullarticleandinspectedittoassessrel- 1. Diagnosisofdepressivedisorder; evancetothisreviewbasedontheinclusioncriteria.Anydiscrep- 2. Depressivesymptoms. anciesbetweenthetworeviewerswereresolvedbyathirdreview Whenaspectsofmethodologywereunclear,orwhenthedatawere author. inaformunsuitableformeta-analysisandtrialsappearedtomeet theeligibilitycriteria,additionalinformationwassoughtfromthe principal author. We have indicated in the notes section of the Dataextractionandmanagement Characteristicsofincludedstudiesifanauthorsuppliedadditional Datawereindependentlyextractedbyfourofthereviewauthors data. (SM,JB,GCorTB)anddiscrepancieswereresolvedbySH.To ensureaccuratedataentry,thedataweredouble-checkedafteren- tryforanalysis.Thefollowingdetailswereextractedfromthein- Assessmentofriskofbiasinincludedstudies cludedtrialsandtheinformationispresentedintheCharacteristics Fortheoriginalversionofthisreview,weassessedmethodological ofincludedstudies: qualityusingthequalityratingscaledevisedbyMoncrieffandcol- leagues(Moncrieff2006).Allstudieswerescoredindependently bytwooftheauthorsandthosescoring30ormoreweredeemed ’high’quality,thosescoring23ormoreweredeemed’adequate’. Methods Asensitivityanalysiswasundertakenincludingonlythosestudies 1. StudyDesigni.e.RCTorclusterRCT; thatscoredinthe’high’or’adequate’qualityrange. 2. Whetherapowercalculationwasdone; Forthecurrentupdate(2011),weupdatedourmethodstocon- 3. Thesourceofsubjectse.g.school; formtothecurrentversionoftheCochraneHandbook(Higgins 4. Whethertherewasrepresentativesamplerecruitment; 2008a)andmorespecifically,the’RiskofBias’toolitrecommends 5. Whetherdiagnosticcriteriaorclearinclusioncriteriawere (Higgins 2008b). We examined each study for randomised se- used. quence generation method, allocation concealment, blinding of participantsandassessors,themethodsofaddressingincomplete outcomedata,potentialselectivereporting,andanyotherpossible biasthatmightaffecttheoutcomeofthestudy. Characteristicsofthestudyparticipants Allassessmentsof thequality of trialswereperformedindepen- 1. Ageandsexofparticipants; dentlybytworeviewauthors(SMandHM)forpreviousversions 2. Methodsusedtodefineanddiagnosestudyparticipants; of this review and by one of SM, JB, GC, TB, or HM for the 3. Otherinclusioncriteria,e.g.thosewithahighriskfactor; currentversionofthisreview.Anydiscrepancieswereresolvedby 4. Exclusioncriteria; SH. 5. Country. Adescription oftheassessmentofriskofbiasisinRiskofBias TablesintheCharacteristicsofincludedstudies. Interventionsused Measuresoftreatmenteffect 1. Locationofinterventionprogrammee.g.schoolor community; Depressivediagnosis 2. Focusofintervention,i.e.TargetedorUniversal; Psychologicalandeducationalinterventionsforpreventingdepressioninchildrenandadolescents(Review) 6 Copyright©2011TheCochraneCollaboration.PublishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd.

Description:
nine months, Outcome 2 Depression scores (by intervention) common in young people, has a marked negative impact and is associated with self-harm and suicide chological interventions: cognitive behavioural therapy and inter- .. Gillham a2007; Horowitz a2007; Hyun 2005; Kraag 2009; Lamb.
See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.