title: Predicting outcome of inpatient CBT for adolescents with anxious-depressed school absenteeism.
abstract: Predictors of outcome of inpatient treatment based on manualized cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) were examined for 147 adolescents with anxious-depressed school absenteeism assessed at discharge and at 2 months after the end of treatment. Outcome measures were regular school attendance and a wide variety of mental health problems rated by adolescents and parents. Socio-demographic data, clinical ratings/diagnosis and adolescent-reported and parent-reported mental health problems were examined as predictors. Regression analyses indicated that none of the variables were able to predict regular school attendance in a clinically relevant way. Adolescent-reported and parent-reported mental health problems at intake predicted these symptoms at both discharge and follow-up (R(2) between 0.31 and 0.61).
authors.affiliation: Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Germany. daniel.walter@uk-koeln.de
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hautmann
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Minkus
authors.forename: Maike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lehmkuhl
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goertz-Dorten
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doepfner
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome