Adolescent Interpersonal Counseling in Primary Care

A structured psychotherapeutic intervention to prevent depression or treat mild to moderate depression. IPC-A is a brief, individual-based intervention (3-8 sessions). The focus is on interpersonal relations as a factor of resilience in depressive symptoms. IPC-A is a shorter form of IPT-A, developed by prof. Myrna Weissman and team.

Any other behavioral or medical support or depression indicated by depressive symptoms or depression. This is based on adolescent, caretaker and professional's report.

The group will comprise those adolescents who report sustained depression but do not seek or receive support over 6 months of follow-up based on adolescent and caretaker's report