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Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2007
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2010
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2011
Family-focused therapy
12 therapy sessions involving the at-risk child or adolescent, parents, and available siblings. Therapy will include psychoeducation about mood disorders, communication enhancement training, and problem-solving skills training. Ongoing medication management from a study psychiatrist will be available.
Brief educational treatment
Thorough diagnostic assessment by a study evaluator, separate evaluation by a child psychiatrist, feedback session with parents and child, and provision of reading materials pertinent to managing childhood mood disorders. Ongoing medication management and crisis-oriented family sessions will be available as needed.
Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford
University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NIH
University of California, Los Angeles
OTHER