Development and Evolution of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depressed Adolescents

• Published in: Journal of rational-emotive and cognitive-behavior therapy Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 15 - 30
• Main Authors: Curry, John F., Hersh, Jacqueline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.03.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescents; Antidepressant drugs; Behavior modification; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Community and Environmental Psychology; Depression; Depressive personality disorders; Education; Evolution; Intervention; Mental depression; Outpatient treatment; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychotherapy; Public Health; Relaxation therapy; Teenagers; Cognitive behavior therapy; Treatment development; Adolescent depression

Since the 1980’s cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been developed and tested with adolescents experiencing depression. Early studies demonstrated that CBT was more effective than no intervention for young people with depressive symptoms. Beginning in the 1990’s CBT has been proven to be efficacio...