title: A pilot study of Brief IPT-A delivered in primary care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to examine the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a brief version of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (BIPT-A) in low-income Latino adolescents treated in an urban pediatric primary care setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten adolescents, ages 12 to 19 years, who were referred by their pediatric providers and met criteria for a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, depression diagnosis participated. Participants received 6 weekly sessions of BIPT-A. Acceptability and feasibility were measured by examining session attendance, treatment completion and treatment satisfaction. Paired-samples t tests were used to preliminarily examine treatment outcome as measured by both self-report and clinician-administered assessments of depression, social functioning and global impairment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety percent of adolescents completed treatment, with 60% of parents having participated in at least one session. Adolescents attended 82% of their treatment sessions, and all participants were very satisfied with the treatment they received. Significant improvement was found for all outcome measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The open trial provides preliminary evidence suggesting that BIPT-A may be a feasible and acceptable treatment model capable of engaging adolescents with mild to moderate depression and impairment in treatment in a primary care setting.
authors.affiliation: New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY. Electronic address: MufsonL@nyspi.columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mufson
authors.affiliation: New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yanes-Lukin
authors.affiliation: Previously affiliated with the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY.
authors.forename: Gabrielle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescents; Depression; Pediatrics; Psychotherapy