title: Prevention of depression in the college student population: a review of the literature.
abstract: The National Institute of Mental Health recommends that interventions be designed to prevent the onset of clinical depression in at-risk groups. College students are included in those groups identified as at risk. This article reports on 16 U.S. clinical trials, conducted with samples of college-aged students between 1987 and 2011, to identify effective depression-prevention strategies. Recommendations from the review of these studies include additional research to determine prevention strategies for the college student population and the use of evidence-based prevention strategies in nursing practice to improve the quality of life for this at-risk population.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. jlmurr2@email.uky.edu
authors.forename: Jenna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Buchanan
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities