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Joana Straub1, Michael Koelch2, Joerg Fegert1
1Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie des Universitätsklinikums Ulm, Steinhövelstraße 5, Ulm, 89075, Germany.
Background:
Group therapy is an economic intervention, allowing for fast access, for the treatment of several depressed adolescents simultaneously; evaluated manualised programs, however, are scarce.
Method:
Nine depressive adolescent inpatients (M = 16.33 years; SD = 1.92) participated between October 2009 and March 2010 in a brief manualised group therapy programme (MICHI), which was evaluated with respect to feasibility and trends of efficacy.
Results:
MICHI demonstrated good feasibility, was positively evaluated by the participants by means of an evaluation questionnaire ranging from 1 (very bad) to 10 (very good) (M = 7.22; SD = 1.79), and showed significant reduction of depressive symptoms (z = -2.66, p = .008) assessed by means of a clinical interview.
Conclusions:
Feasibility of MICHI was demonstrated and larger trials for efficacy will follow.
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