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Case study: longitudinal treatment of adolescents with depression and inflammatory bowel disease.

Szigethy E, Carpenter J, Baum E, Kenney E, Baptista-Neto L, Beardslee WR, Demaso DR

Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA. szigethye@upmc.edu

OBJECTIVE: To assess longitudinal maintenance of improvements in depression, anxiety, global functioning, and physical health perception in 11 adolescents at 6 and 12 months following completion of manual-based cognitive-behavioral therapy. METHOD: Standardized instruments assessed follow-up changes in depression, anxiety, physical health, and global psychological functioning. RESULTS: At both assessments, 10 adolescents did not meet criteria for mood disorders. Improvements in depression, anxiety, global functioning, and physical health perceptions at completion of the cognitive-behavioral therapy were maintained during the 12-month period. Additional cognitive-behavioral therapy sessions (mean = 4.36; SD = 4.37) and psychopharmacology (n = 5) were required during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: CBT with maintenance sessions and medication offers promise to adolescents facing comorbid depressive and physical disorders.

Published 7 April 2006 in J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 45(4): 396-400.
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