An online parenting intervention to prevent affective disorders in high-risk adolescents: the PIPA trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent depression can place a young person at high risk of recurrence and a range of psychosocial and vocational impairments in adult life, highlighting the importance of early recognition and prevention. Parents/carers are well placed to notice changes in their child's emotional wellbeing which may indicate risk, and there is increasing evidence that modifiable factors exist within the family system that may help reduce the risk of depression and anxiety in an adolescent. A randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the online personalised 'Partners in Parenting' programme developed in Australia, focused on improving parenting skills, knowledge and awareness, showed that it helped reduce depressive symptoms in adolescents who had elevated symptom levels at baseline. We ha

SUBMITTER: Connor C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376903 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature