How can healthcare professionals provide guidance and support to parents of adolescents? Results from a primary care-based study.

Background: This study explored the rewards and difficulties of raising an adolescent and investigated parents' level of interest in receiving guidance from healthcare providers on parenting and adolescent health topics. Additionally, this study investigated whether parents were interested in parenting programs in primary care and explored methods in which parents want to receive guidance.

Methods: Parents of adolescents (ages 12-18) who attended an outpatient pediatric clinic with their adolescent were contacted by telephone and completed a short telephone survey.

Mind-Body Skills Groups for Adolescents With Depression in Primary Care: A Pilot Study.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to determine the acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of Mind-Body Skills Groups (MBSGs) as a treatment for depressed adolescents in primary care.

Method: A single-arm clinical trial was conducted. A 10-week MBSG program was implemented in primary care.