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Psychological interventions to prevent the onset of depressive disorders: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Cuijpers, Pim, Pineda, Blanca S., Quero, Soledad, Karyotaki, Eirini, Struijs, Sascha Y., Figueroa, Caroline A., Llamas, Jazmin A., Furukawa, Toshi A. +1 more·2021·Clinical Psychology Review

Abstract

PURPOSE: Depressive disorders are common and have a considerable impact on patients and societies. Several treatments are available, but their effects are modest and reduce the burden only to a limited extent. Preventing the onset of depressive disorders may be one option to further reduce the global disease burden. METHODS: We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in participants without a diagnosis of depression at baseline, who were assigned to a preventive psychological intervention, or a care-as-usual, or comparable control group and in which incident cases of depression at follow-up were ascertained with a diagnostic interview. RESULTS: Our systematic searches resulted in 50 trials (14,665 participants) with relatively high quality, in high risk groups of all ages. The psychological interventions were mostly based on cognitive behavioral interventions. One year after the preventive interventions, the relative risk of developing a depressive disorder was RR = 0.81 (95% CI: 0.72-0.91), indicating that those who had received the intervention had 19% less chance to develop a depressive disorder. Given the average control event rate of 30%, twenty-one people had to participate in the intervention to prevent one depressive disorder compared to people in the control conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Prevention is a promising approach to reduce the global disease burden of depression in addition to treatments.

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Cuijpers, P., Pineda, B. S., Quero, S., Karyotaki, E., Struijs, S. Y., Figueroa, C. A., Llamas, J. A., Furukawa, T. A., & Muñoz, R. F.
Affiliations
  • Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
  • Palo Alto University (US)
  • Universitat Jaume I (ES)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Leiden University (NL)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • Kyoto University (JP)
Corresponding author
Cuijpers, Pim
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-02
Volume
83
Pages
101955
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3109375959
Cited by
148
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 20 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 11
FWCI
2.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
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erratum (2021-08-01)
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  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Repositori UJI (Universitat Jaume I) (publishedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISC III CB06 03/0052)
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red-Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (ISC III CB06 03/0052)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Keywords
depression prevention, depressive disorders, cognitive-behavioral intervention, incident depression, relative risk, disease burden
MeSH terms
Psychosocial Intervention, Depressive Disorder, Humans, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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