Depression Experience Journal: A Computer-Based Intervention for Families Facing Childhood Depression
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Objective This study tested the feasibility and safety of a computer-based application for families facing childhood depression. The Depression Experience Journal (EJ) is a psychoeducational intervention based on a narrative model involving the sharing of personal stories about childhood depression.Method Semistructured interviews assessed Depression EJ feasibility and safety. Thirty-eight primary caretakers of children with depression (one caretaker per patient) used the EJ during a psychiatric hospitalization. Assessment of feasibility and safety was measured before EJ use and 2 to 4 weeks afterward.Results Results revealed that the EJ was safe and useful for decreasing social isolation, increasing hope, increasing understanding of familial feelings about childhood depression, and fostering positive reactions in caretakers.Conclusions Computer-based interventions hold significant promise in providing a new manner of psychosocial support to families facing child and adolescent psychiatric illnesses.
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- Authors
- DeMaso, D. R., Marcus, N. E., Kinnamon, C., & Gonzalez-Heydrich, J.
- Affiliations
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- DeMaso, David Ray
- ORCID
- DeMaso, David Ray
- Venue
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-02
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 158-165
- ISSN
- 0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1977927503
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- childhood depression, computer-based intervention, psychoeducational intervention, narrative models, family caregivers, caregiver isolation, hope, feasibility and safety, psychosocial support
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Consumer Behavior, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parents, Safety, Social Support, Internet, Narration, Qualitative Research
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