Cognitive Behavioral vs. Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) Prevention of Depression in Adolescents

Vanderbilt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depressive Symptoms

Treatments: Behavioral: Interpersonal Therapy; Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00374439

Horowitz Dis

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral vs. an interpersonal therapy program for preventing depressive symptoms in adolescents.

Full description

Hypothesis -- The cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapy prevention programs will be significantly better than the no-intervention control group in preventing depressive symptoms measured at post-intervention and at the 6-month follow-up. Gender differences also will be explored.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All students in 9th grade Wellness classes who have parental consent

Exclusion criteria

• Students without parental consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 3 patient groups

Cognitive-behavioral

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm received a cognitive-behavioral program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral

Interpersonal Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm received a prevention program based on interpersonal therapy for depression

Treatment:

Behavioral: Interpersonal Therapy

No intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this arm did not receive an intervention, but complete assessments only