Issues in the Treatment of Depressed Children

Authors

Kevin D. Stark, University of Texas at Austin
Scott A. Napolitano, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Susan M. Swearer Napolitano, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Kristen Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin
Deborah Jaramillo, University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan Hoyle, University of Texas at Austin

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1996

Citation

Applied & Preventive Psychology (1996) 5: 59-83.

Comments

Copyright 1996, Cambridge University Press. Used by permission.

Abstract

Basic research into the cognitive, behavioral, familial, and physiological disturbances associated with depressive disorders during childhood is reviewed. hnplications for the development of a treatment program are discussed and a comprehensive treatment model is proposed. The proposed model includes intervention strategies for the child, parents, family, and school. The child component consists of intervention strategies for the affective, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological disturbances that are evident from the existing research. The parent training component is designed to address disturbances in parenting due to cognitive disturbances and skills deficits. The family therapy component emphasizes changing interaction patterns that communicate schema-consistent maladaptive interactions. A school consultation component is proposed in which school personnel support the skills training through prompting use of the skills and reinforcement of the use of the coping skills.