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Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents: Moderators of Long-term Response

Authors: J. Garber, V. R. Weersing, S. D. Hollon, G. Porta, G. N. Clarke, J. F. Dickerson, W. R. Beardslee, F. L. Lynch, T. G. Gladstone, W. Shamseddeen, D. A. Brent

Published in: Prevention Science | Special Issue 1/2018

Abstract

In a randomized controlled trial, we found that a cognitive behavioral program (CBP) was significantly more effective than usual care (UC) in preventing the onset of depressive episodes, although not everyone benefitted from the CBP intervention. The present paper explored this heterogeneity of response. Participants were 316 adolescents (M _age = 14.8, SD = 1.4) at risk for depression due to having had a prior depressive episode or having current subsyndromal depressive symptoms and having a parent with a history of depression. Using a recursive partitioning approach to baseline characteristics, we (Weersing et al. 2016) previously had identified distinct risk clusters within conditions that predicted depressive episodes through the end of the continuation phase (month 9). The present study used the same risk clusters that had been derived in the CBP group through month 9 to reclassify the UC group and then to examine group differences in depression through month 33. We found that in this overall very high-risk sample, the CBP program was superior to UC among youth in the low-risk cluster (n = 33), characterized by higher functioning, lower anxiety, and parents not depressed at baseline, but not in the middle (n = 95) and high-risk (n = 25) clusters. Across conditions, significantly more depression-free days were found for youth in the low-risk cluster (M = 951.9, SD = 138.8) as compared to youth in the high-risk cluster (M = 800.5, SD = 226.7). Identification of moderators, based on purely prognostic indices, allows for more efficient use of resources and suggests possible prevention targets so as to increase the power of the intervention.

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Title: Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents: Moderators of Long-term Response
Authors: J. Garber
V. R. Weersing
S. D. Hollon
G. Porta
G. N. Clarke
J. F. Dickerson
W. R. Beardslee
F. L. Lynch
T. G. Gladstone
W. Shamseddeen
D. A. Brent
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Prevention Science / Issue Special Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1389-4986
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6695
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-015-0626-z

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