Depression Among Teens can be Improved Via Collaborative Care Intervention

A study in the August 27 issue of JAMA reveals that a collaborative care intervention that included patient and parent engagement and education resulted in greater improvement in depressive symptoms at 12 months than usual care among adolescents with depression. Depressed youth are at greater risk of suicide, substance abuse, early pregnancy, low educational attainment, recurrent depression and poor long-term health. Fourteen percent of adolescents between the ...

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