Effectiveness of School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Preventing Depression in Young Adolescents

In adolescent PRP, students learn both cognitive skills (recognizing the link between beliefs and emotions, challenging negative beliefs with evidence, making accurate attributions for events, and accurately assessing the ramifications of negative events) and behavioral problem-solving skills (decision making, assertiveness and negotiation, social skills, and relaxation).

Parent PRP teaches parents to model and reinforce the skills taught in the adolescent program.