Prevention and early intervention of depression in young people: an integrated narrative review of affective awareness and Ecological Momentary Assessment.

ABSTRACT: Depression has a devastating impact on young people around the world. This impact is pervasive and long-long lasting, still causing havoc as young people transition into adulthood. Prevention and timely early intervention efforts are necessary to lessen the disease burden of depression in young people. There is some evidence for the effectiveness of existing prevention and early intervention programs when delivered early. However, there is no consensus on what the active ingredients of these programs are. Identifying these ingredients is important because focusing on those that have maximal benefit will help to minimise the costs and resourcing of (already intensive) therapeutic approaches. We explored whether, and in what circumstances, affective awareness (i.e., knowing how one feels) is

SUBMITTER: Beames JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365890 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature