A randomized effectiveness trial of interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents.
The same blunted response has been found in depressed adolescents.
Scientists would like to understand how operations in both these brain areas might correlate with the abnormal way in which depressed adolescents often think about rewards.
CBT may be effective in depressed adolescents, although its effects on severe episodes are not definitively known.
The pharmaceutical companies are clearly making a product that most psychiatrists consider critical to treating depressed adolescents.
Additional caution is required in using benzodiazepines in depressed adolescents.
Treatment Only one in five depressed adolescents receives treatment, which can involve a combination of short-term psychotherapy, medication and changes at home or school.
Study 329 suggested that the company's popular drug Paxil might help depressed adolescents.
Frankl's logotherapy addressed the filling of an "existential vacuum" associated with such feelings, and may be particularly useful for depressed adolescents.
The British regulators, some experts said, also did not give proper weight to the high frequency of suicidal thoughts and attempts among depressed adolescents in general.