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Prevention programmes for children of parents with a mood/anxiety disorder: Systematic review of existing programmes and meta‐analysis of their efficacy

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Havinga, Petra J., Maciejewski, Dominique F., Hartman, Catharina A., Hillegers, Manon H.J., Schoevers, Robert A., Penninx, Brenda W.J.H.·2021·British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Abstract

Objectives: To systematically describe the characteristics and techniques of prevention programmes for children of parents with mood/anxiety disorders. In addition, recruitment approaches and difficulties were identified and a meta‐analysis was conducted to examine the efficacy of these prevention programmes. Methods: Randomized controlled trials assessing the efficacy of a prevention programme for children (6–25 years) of parents with mood and/or anxiety disorders were included. A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, PsychINFO, and CENTRAL from the earliest record to March 2019. In addition, programme manuals of identified prevention programmes were requested for a content analysis. Results: Twenty‐two articles containing eight unique prevention programmes involving 1,325 subjects were identified. Programmes varied in the number and types of techniques, but all provided psychoeducation. Results suggested that recruitment via clinicians was more successful than recruitment via health maintenance organization databases. In a meta‐analysis, a significant risk difference was found in favour of prevention programmes on the risk of developing a depressive/anxiety disorder in offspring at short‐term (9–18 months follow‐up; RR = 0.37, 95% CI [0.21; 0.66]) and long‐term follow‐up (24 months or longer follow‐up; RR = 0.71, 95% CI [0.57; 0.87] and on symptom levels in offspring at post‐intervention (SMD = −0.19, 95% CI [−0.36; −0.02]) and at 12‐months follow‐up (SMD = −0.31, 95% CI [−0.57; −0.06]). Conclusions: The prevention programmes combined psychoeducational elements with skills training and/or cognitive‐behavioural therapy elements. The recruitment process and the content of these programmes are sometimes insufficiently described. Nevertheless, they appear to be effective, indicating a need to further examine how these programmes exactly work and for whom. Practitioner points: Preventive interventions for children of parents with mood/anxiety disorders appear to be effective in preventing these disorders in offspring. Available preventive intervention programmes focus mostly on psychoeducation, cognitive‐behavioural therapy, and family processes. More effort should be made into describing preventive interventions so that they can be easily implemented by practitioners. Studies should further examine why and for whom preventive interventions for children of parents with mood/anxiety disorders are effective.

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  • CBT is mostly used in clinical practice but increasingly also applied for preventive purposes.

    “CBT is mostly used in clinical practice but increasingly also applied for preventive purposes [28,29].”

    From A Smartphone Serious Game for Adolescents (Grow It! App): Development, Feasibility, and Acceptance Study (2022) · cites this paper as [28]

    The Discussion (Techniques used in prevention programmes; page not provided) describes a core CBT technique as commonly used in depression and anxiety treatment and says the reviewed prevention programmes included CBT elements. It does not establish that CBT is used mostly in clinical practice or that its preventive use is increasing over time. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The first choice of treatment of anxiety and mood problems in adolescents is psychological therapy, especially CBT.

    “The first choice of treatment of anxiety and mood problems in adolescents is psychological therapy, especially cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) [28-30].”

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    The Discussion (Techniques used in prevention programmes; page unavailable) says that cognitive restructuring, a basic tenet of CBT, is commonly used in depression and anxiety treatment. It does not say that psychological therapy, or CBT specifically, is the first-choice treatment for adolescents. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Havinga, P. J., Maciejewski, D. F., Hartman, C. A., Hillegers, M. H. J., Schoevers, R. A., & Penninx, B. W. J. H.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • Department of Developmental Psychopathology Behavioural Science Institute Nijmegen The Netherlands
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
Corresponding author
Maciejewski, Dominique F.
Venue
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-01-06
Volume
60
Issue
2
Pages
212-251
ISSN
  • 0144-6657 (ISSN-L)
  • 2044-8260
OpenAlex
W3118603397
Cited by
37
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2
FWCI
0.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Family Support in Illness
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
prevention programmes, offspring depression, psychoeducation, cognitive behavioral therapy, skills training, family processes, program efficacy
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Child, Humans, Psychotherapy, Mood Disorders, Young Adult

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