title: Which depressed patients respond to cognitive-behavioral treatment?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify predictors of remission from major depression in adolescent patients given cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was based on 50 patients aged between 10 and 17 years who were obtained from two studies of CBT. A wide range of possible predictors was examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty percent remitted by the end of treatment. In multivariate analyses remission was associated with younger age and less social impairment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Depressed patients who respond to CBT tend to be younger and less severely impaired than those who do not respond.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jayson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kroll
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harrington
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D000367:Age Factors; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome