ABSTRACT
Adolescence: A Window of Opportunity for Preventing Depression ........... 620 Why Focus on Prevention? .............................................................................. 620 Types of Prevention ......................................................................................... 621 Who is at Risk for Depression? ........................................................................ 622
Family Risk Factors ..................................................................................... 628 Environmental Stressors ............................................................................. 630 Negative Cognitions..................................................................................... 631 Anxiety......................................................................................................... 632 Gender .......................................................................................................... 633 Subsyndromal Depressive Symptoms ........................................................ 635
Types of Prevention Programs ........................................................................ 635 The Penn Prevention Programs .................................................................. 636 The Coping with Depression Course .......................................................... 638 Interpersonal Therapy Approaches ............................................................ 639
Meta-Analysis of Selective and Indicated Depression Prevention Programs ............................................................................... 641
Results .............................................................................................................. 642 Type of Intervention .................................................................................. 643 Sex of Participants .................................................................................... 643 Age of Participants .................................................................................... 643 Length of Intervention and Length of Follow-Up .................................... 643
Discussion ........................................................................................................ 643 Prevention Versus Treatment ......................................................................644
Conclusions and Future Directions ................................................................ 646 Note .................................................................................................................. 649 References ........................................................................................................ 649
