title: Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescent depression: description of modification and preliminary application.
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.
authors.affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mufson
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Klerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D011340:Problem Solving; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D012380:Role