What contributes to good outcomes? The perspective of young people on short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for depressed adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Depression is the fourth leading cause of adolescent illness and disability worldwide. A growing evidence base demonstrates that Short Term Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy [STPP] is an efficacious treatment for moderate to severe adolescent depression. However, with research in its infancy, key factors contributing to efficacy are unknown. Service users' lived experiences provide valuable insight in this area. This study aimed to elucidate what adolescents value in treatment by inductively exploring lived experiences of STPP. Five adolescents with the largest reduction in depressive symptoms scores between baseline and end of treatment, who had taken part in a large-scale randomized controlled trial, were sampled. In-depth interviews carried out soon after the end of therapy were analysed usi

SUBMITTER: Housby H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462705 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature