ABSTRACT

A variety of psychosocial and medication interventions exist for the treatment of adolescent depression. Unfortunately, very little research has been conducted to assess the efficacy of these treatments. To date, the only randomized controlled clinical trials of individual treatments for adolescent depression have been conducted for fluoxetine (Emslie et al., 1997), paroxetine (Klein, 1999), cognitive-behavioral therapy (Brent et al., 1997), and interpersonal psychotherapy (Mufson et al., 1999). Studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of group therapy in the treatment of adolescent depression (Lewinsohn et al., 1990; Clarke et al., 1995).