Reduction in adolescent depression after contact with mental health services: a longitudinal cohort study in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence regarding the association between service contact and subsequent mental health in adolescents is scarce, and previous findings are mixed. We aimed to longitudinally assess the extent to which depressive symptoms in adolescents change after contact with mental health services.

Methods

As part of a longitudinal cohort study, between April 28, 2005, and March 17, 2010, we recruited 1238 14-year-old adolescents and their primary caregivers from 18 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire, UK. Participants underwent follow-up assessment at months 18 and 36. Trained researchers assessed the adolescents for current mental disorder using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children Present and Lifetime version (K-SADS-PL). Caregivers

SUBMITTER: Neufeld SAS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5285445 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature