title: Effect of the Teaching Kids to Cope (TKC) program on outcomes of depression and coping among rural adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Incidence of depressive symptoms and lack of sufficient adaptive coping skills in adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized controlled study to test the effectiveness of a group-administered, cognitive-behavioral interventions method, TKC, on rural adolescents (N = 89). Outcomes were measured by changes in the scores on an Adolescent Depression Scale and the Coping Response Inventory pre/post intervention, at 6 and at 12 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated improvement in depressive symptomatology and certain coping skills. Students in the intervention reported a higher use of cognitive problem-solving coping strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The role of a psychiatric nurse in the school system providing short-term psychoeducation interventions is a practical and effective mental health practice.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. krp12@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Puskar
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sereika
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tusaie-Mumford
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012424:Rural Population; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016896:Treatment Outcome