24-Month Outcomes of Primary Care Web-Based Depression Prevention Intervention in Adolescents: Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent depression carries a high burden of disease worldwide, but access to care for this population is limited. Prevention is one solution to curtail the negative consequences of adolescent depression. Internet interventions to prevent adolescent depression can overcome barriers to access, but few studies examine long-term outcomes.

Objective

This study compares CATCH-IT (Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive Behavioral Humanistic and Interpersonal Training), an internet-based intervention, to a general health education active control for depression onset at 12 and 24 months in adolescents presenting to primary care settings.

Methods

A 2-site randomized trial, blinded to the principal investigators and assessors, was conducted comparing Compete

SUBMITTER: Van Voorhees B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7657722 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature