Structure and Connectivity of Depressive Symptom Networks Corresponding to Early Treatment Response.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are suggestions that denser network connectivity (i.e., the strength of associations between individual symptoms) may be a prognostic indicator of poor treatment response in depression. We sought to examine this aspect of depressive symptom networks in the context of early responses to treatment in adolescents.

Methods

Routine psychiatric data were obtained for child/adolescent service users who underwent at least three treatment sessions in publicly funded services in England between 2011 and 2015 (N = 3017, 78% female; mean age [SD] = 14.43 years [1.75]). Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale at presentation, and again after three treatment sessions. Treatment response was determined using the Reliable

SUBMITTER: McElroy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537518 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature