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Adaptation of Multi-Family Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (MF-PEP) for Adolescents with Mood Disorders: Preliminary Findings
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Adolescent mood disorders are a major public health concern. Clinical need for services outstrips availability in many communities. Group psychotherapy is an efficient means to provide service to a larger number of clientele and can offer certain clinical advantages. Multi-Family Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (MF-PEP), an adjunctive group psychosocial treatment, has been shown to improve children's mood symptoms, increase parents' knowledge of mood disorder symptoms, improve family interactions and improve use of behavioral health services. In this study, an adaptation of MF-PEP for adolescents with mood disorders is described and preliminary data are presented. Among the 19 adolescents with mood disorders and 22 parents who completed the study, improvements in adolescents' depressive symptoms, quality of life, families' understanding of mood disorders, and overall satisfaction with treatment were reported. Results have informed ongoing pilot testing of Teen-MF-PEP.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fristad, M. A., Ackerman, J. P., & Nick, E. A.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Fristad, Mary A.
- Venue
- Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-09-06
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 252-262
- ISSN
- 2379-4925 (ISSN-L)
- 2379-4933
- PMC
- PMC6402354
- OpenAlex
- W2885881806
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 2.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH018921))
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- group therapy, treatment adaptation, depressive symptoms, quality of life, family interaction, treatment satisfaction
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