Pilot study of continuation cognitive-behavioral therapy for major depression in adolescent psychiatric patients.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether continuation of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-C) could prevent relapse in adolescent psychiatric patients who had remitted from major depressive disorder (MDD).


METHODS
Seventeen patients who continued to have CBT-C for 6 months after remission from MDD were compared with a historical control group of 12 cases who had no further treatment after remission.


RESULTS
Only 1 of the 17 cases who continued with CBT-C dropped out. The cumulative relapse risk during CBT-C was significantly lower (0.2) than it had been in the historical control group (0.5).


CONCLUSIONS
CBT-C warrants further investigation in a randomized, controlled trial.
Kroll
L
L
University of Manchester Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, United Kingdom.
Harrington
R
R
Jayson
D
D
Fraser
J
J
Gowers
S
S
D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012008:Recurrence