Jayson D, Wood A, Kroll L, Fraser J, Harrington R
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, United Kingdom.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1998 Jan;37(1):35-9. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199801000-00014.
To identify predictors of remission from major depression in adolescent patients given cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
The study was based on 50 patients aged between 10 and 17 years who were obtained from two studies of CBT. A wide range of possible predictors was examined.
Sixty percent remitted by the end of treatment. In multivariate analyses remission was associated with younger age and less social impairment.
Depressed patients who respond to CBT tend to be younger and less severely impaired than those who do not respond.