Psychological Approaches to the Treatment of Depression in Adolescents

Abstract

focuses on the psychological treatment of adolescents with nonbipolar, nonpsychotic depression, e.g., major depressive disorder (MDD) or dysthymia (DY), as specified in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III-Revised (DSM-III-R) review the most frequently observed psychosocial, personal, and psychopathological problems associated with unipolar depression / review most of the major psychological approaches currently used in the treatment of adolescent depression, providing for each a brief summary of the major theoretical premises and their relationship to the specific strategy and tactics of the treatment psychodynamic therapy / cognitive-behavioral therapy / problem-solving therapy / interpersonal psychotherapy / self-control therapy / family therapy / miscellaneous therapy (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)