Effect of Coping With Stress Program to Depression, Anxiety, Brain Functions in Adolescent at High-Risk for Depression

The Coping with Stress Program is a group program, which is developed by Clarke and Lewinson (1995) for the prevention of depression in high-risk adolescents. It is based on cognitive-behavioral therapy principles and contains psychoeducation and cognitive-behavioral therapy interventions. There are handbooks available for the group leader of the program and the participating adolescents. In the handbook developed for the group leader, there is detailed information about the objective of each session and the implemented interventions. The adolescents will find lists organized for the fulfillment of the tasks in the handbook prepared for them. The handbooks of the program were translated in Turkish and experts were consulted for their validity.