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Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents: A Treatment Development Study
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Objective To design a treatment manual and adherence measure for attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) for adolescent depression and to collect pilot data on the treatment's efficacy.Method Over a period of 2 years, 32 adolescents meeting criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of ABFT or a 6-week, minimal-contact, waitlist control group. The sample was 78% female and 69% African American; 69% were from low-income, inner-city communities.Results At post-treatment, 81% of the patients treated with ABFT no longer met criteria for MDD, in contrast with 47% of patients in the waitlist group. Mixed factorial analyses of variance revealed that, compared with the waitlist group, patients treated with ABFT showed a significantly greater reduction in both depressive and anxiety symptoms and family conflict. Of the 15 treated cases assessed at the follow-up, 13 patients (87%) continued to not meet criteria for MDD 6 months after treatment ended.Conclusions ABFT appears to be a promising treatment and worthy of further development.
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Metadata
- Authors
- DIAMOND, G. S., REIS, B. F., DIAMOND, G. M., SIQUELAND, L., & ISAACS, L.
- Affiliations
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Corresponding author
- DIAMOND, GUY S.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-10
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1190-1196
- ISSN
- 0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2159280697
- Cited by
- 382
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 22
- FWCI
- 8.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (R21NIH52920-01AB)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- attachment-based family therapy, adolescent depression, major depressive disorder, treatment manual development, family conflict, anxiety symptoms, treatment efficacy, African American adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Black or African American, Depressive Disorder, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Family Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Manuals as Topic, Object Attachment, Patient Compliance, Pilot Projects, Poverty
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