Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Online program helps prevent teen depression: UIC study shows potential of web-based intervention - MONIKA MARKO AND TJ CRAWFORD, UIC

Although up to 20 percent of adolescents experience a depressive episode each year, the medical community has struggled to implement programs that effectively prevent depression. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have worked to fill this gap in pediatric primary care by conducting clinical trials to evaluate and compare interventions. A new study published in JAMA Network Open highlights the positive effect of one web-based intervention, called CATCH-IT, on preventing depressive episodes among adolescents most at risk. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uoia-oph110218.php