Improvement of family therapy on the efficacy and social performance of adolescent depression / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the efficacy of family therapy in the treatment of adolescent depression and improvement of social performance.Methods 86 adolescent depressive patients were divided into drug therapy group(group A,n =43) and drug combined with family therapy group (group B,n =43) according to the order of inclusion.They were all treated for 12 weeks.Before and after the treatment,they were all evaluated with Hamilton Depression Rating Scale(HAMD-24),Personal and Social Performance scale (PSP) and Youth Self-Report scale(YSR).The changes of scores were compared with each other.Results The average scores of HAMD,PSP and YSR in group B before and after treatment was (27.30 ± 4.60) (81.47 ± 1.87) (73.28 ± 1.30) and (15.36 ±3.60) (12.61 ± 2.10) (9.46 ±2.80) (6.30 ± 2.20),(82.76 ± 1.09) (84.51 ± 1.32) (86.51 ±1.32) (92.05 ± 1.72),(71.42 ± 1.45) (69.09 ± 1.33) (67.47 ± 1.47) (64.23 ± 1.90) respectively.The average scores of HAMD,PSP and YSR in group A before and after treatment was (26.90 ± 5.10) (81.45 ± 1.85)(73.26 ± 1.28)and (19.42 ±2.90)(16.43 ±2.60)(13.50 ±3.80)(7.60±2.80),(82.00 ±1.14) (83.67 ±1.23) (85.88 ± 1.27) (87.98 ± 1.35),(72.84 ± 1.29) (70.07 ± 1.26) (68.84 ± 1.54) (66.02 ± 1.55) respectively.The difference of the scores after two-week treatment was significant statistically (P＜ 0.05).The difference of the deduction rate of the scores after four-week treatment was significant statistically (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Family therapy has better and faster efficacy in the treatment of adolescent depression,and it can significantly improve their social performance.