Editorial: Prevention’s Power: Depression Incidence Halved 15 Years After Participation in the Family Bereavement Program - 31/10/23
, Nadine M. Melhem, PhD aRésumé |
Prevention can be powerful. In the current issue of this Journal, Sandler et al. report on the long-term effects of the Family Bereavement Program (FBP), an intervention designed to promote resilience among parentally bereaved youth, as assessed 15 years after receipt of the initial intervention.1 Youth who received the FBP had half the rate of depression compared to those who received the comparison condition (13.46% vs 28.05%). This effect is as large or larger than many of our evidence-based treatments for depression, and considerably more enduring.2 An additional, elegant feature of this paper is that it identifies some mechanisms by which the FBP appears to exert its preventive effects.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.| The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant P50 MH115838 (DB, NM), with additional support from NIH grant R01 MH109493 (NM), NIH grant R01 MH112585 (NM), NIH grant R01 MH108039 (NM), and NIH grant R01 MH124266 (NM). |
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| Author Contributions Conceptualization: Brent, Melhem Resources: Brent Writing – original draft: Brent Writing – review and editing: Melhem |
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| The authors thank James Celo, BS, of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for his editorial assistance in the preparation of this editorial. |
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| Disclosure: Dr. Brent has received research support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the Once Upon a Time Foundation, and the Beckwith Institute, has received royalties from Guilford Press, from the electronic self-rated version of the C-SSRS from eRT, Inc., and from performing duties as an UptoDate Psychiatry Section Editor, and has received consulting fees from Healthwise. Dr. Melhem has received research support from NIMH and AFSP. |
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| All statements expressed in this column are those of the authors and do not reflect the opinions of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. See the Guide for Authors for information about the preparation and submission of Editorials. |
Vol 62 - N° 11
P. 1191-1193 - novembre 2023 Retour au numéro
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