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Cognitive-behavioral therapy may stave off major depression: prospective trial.(Children's Health)

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| March 01, 2004 | Boschert, Sherry | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SAN FRANCISCO -- Group cognitive-behavioral therapy limited the onset of depression in 94 adolescents at high risk for depression, according to prospective, randomized trial results.

"This provides some compelling beginning evidence to think about treating children or adolescents before they develop full-blown major depression," Dr. Karen Dineen Wagner said in an industry-sponsored symposium at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.

The adolescents had subsyndromal depressive symptoms that didn't quite meet DSM criteria for major depression, and all had at least one parent who was depressed; these issues put them at high risk for…

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