Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescent depression: description of modification and preliminary application

D Moreau; L Mufson; M M Weissman; G L Klerman

doi:10.1097/00004583-199107000-00018

Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescent depression: description of modification and preliminary application

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1991 Jul;30(4):642-51. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199107000-00018.

Authors

D Moreau¹, L Mufson, M M Weissman, G L Klerman

Affiliation

¹ College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.

PMID: 1890100
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199107000-00018

Abstract

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a brief treatment developed and tested specifically for depressed adults. This paper describes a modification for use with depressed adolescents (IPT-A) that will be tested in a controlled clinical trial. A description of IPT, its efficacy in adults, a rationale for developing IPT-A, and preliminary experience with depressed adolescents treated with IPT-A are presented. Data available on the treatment of depressed adolescents using drugs and/or psychotherapy is more than a decade behind that of adults. The specification and testing of psychotherapy will accelerate a rational, scientific basis for their treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Depressive Disorder / psychology
Depressive Disorder / therapy*
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*
Male
Parent-Child Relations
Personality Development
Problem Solving
Psychotherapy, Brief / methods*
Role