Innovations in Practice: MICHI, a brief cognitive‐behavioural group therapy for adolescents with depression – a pilot study of feasibility in an inpatient setting. Issue 4 (21st July 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Straub, Joana; Koelch, Michael; Fegert, Joerg; Plener, Paul; Gonzalez‐Aracil, Inma; Voit, Anja; Sproeber, Nina
• Is Part Of: Child and adolescent mental health. Volume 18:Issue 4(2013:Nov.)
• Page Start: 247
• Page End: 250
• Publication Date: 2012-07-21
• Subjects: Adolescent psychology -- Periodicals; Child mental health -- Periodicals; Child psychiatry -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Teenagers -- Mental health -- Periodicals; 155.405
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2012.00678.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-357X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="camh678-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="camh678-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>Group therapy is an economic intervention, allowing for fast access, for the treatment of several depressed adolescents simultaneously; evaluated manualised programs, however, are scarce.</p> </sec> <sec id="camh678-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Method</title> <p>Nine depressive adolescent inpatients (<italic>M</italic> = 16.33 years; <italic> SD </italic> = 1.92) participated between October 2009 and March 2010 in a brief manualised group therapy programme (MICHI), which was evaluated with respect to feasibility and trends of efficacy.</p> </sec> <sec id="camh678-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p> MICHI demonstrated good feasibility, was positively evaluated by the participants by means of an evaluation questionnaire ranging from 1 (very bad) to 10 (very good) (<italic>M</italic> = 7.22; <italic> SD </italic> = 1.79), and showed significant reduction of depressive symptoms (<italic>z</italic> = −2.66, <italic>p</italic> = .008) assessed by means of a clinical interview.</p> </sec> <sec id="camh678-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>Feasibility of MICHI was demonstrated and larger trials for efficacy will follow.</p> </sec> </abstract>