Social skills programme for adolescents with depression: initial outcomes of a hospital based study in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This quasi-experimental study aimed to describe the outcome of a social skills intervention for adolescents with depression followed up at an outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Twenty adolescents with depression attending a tertiary care facility in Colombo, Sri Lanka were recruited, who participated in two social skills training programmes (6 months apart), in addition to pharmacological treatment. Outcome of the programme was measured by a self-administered questionnaire that assessed perceived changes in social skills, before and after the intervention. Wilcoxon Signed Rank test was used to determine the statistical significance of improvement in social skills.

Results

The sample consisted of 80% (n = 16) female adolescents. Median scores (inter-qu

SUBMITTER: Attygalle UR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature