Adolescent Coping with Depression Course

An Effective Practice

Description

The Adolescent Coping with Depression Course (CWD-A) is a skills-based small-group treatment program for actively depressed adolescents. The intervention consists of 16 two-hour sessions delivered over a period of eight weeks. Adolescents are taught several skills hypothesized to relieve depression, including assertiveness, relaxation skills, cognitive restructuring techniques, mood monitoring, increasing pleasant activities, and communication and conflict-resolution techniques. A parent component helps keep parents aware of what their teens are learning in the program, regarding general topics discussed, skills taught, and the rationale for their use.

Goal / Mission

The goal of this program is to reduce depression symptoms among adolescents.

Results / Accomplishments

Six studies of the Adolescent Coping with Depression Course found significant reductions in interviewer-rated, parent-rated, and self-reported depression symptoms for treatment children when compared with those in a control group or alternative treatment group.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Primary Contact
Gregory N. Clarke, Ph.D.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research 3800 N. Kaiser Center Dr.
Portland, OR 97227
(503) 335-6673
greg.clarke@kpchr.org
http://www.kpchr.org/research/public/default.aspx
Topics
Health / Adolescent Health
Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders
Organization(s)
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Source
Promising Practices Network
Date of publication
Sep 2006
For more details
http://www.promisingpractices.net/program.asp?prog...
Target Audience
Teens

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  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.