Publications by authors named "Megan Bolotin"
Understanding Adolescent Expressions of Sadness: A Qualitative Exploration.
Res Theory Nurs Pract
November 2020
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to help primary care providers identify and prevent major depression in adolescents by analyzing how they describe their symptoms.
- Researchers conducted interviews with 37 adolescents aged 13-18 who showed signs of elevated depression, focusing on three main areas: stress sources, expressions of sadness, and help-seeking behaviors.
- Findings highlight that adolescents from different ethnic backgrounds express similar themes related to subthreshold depression, providing insights that can aid healthcare providers in early identification and support of at-risk youth.
Importance: Although 13-20% of American adolescents experience a depressive episode annually, no scalable primary care model for adolescent depression prevention is currently available.
Objective: To study whether CATCH-IT (Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive Behavioral Humanistic and Interpersonal Training) reduces the hazard for depression in at-risk adolescents identified in primary care, as compared to a general health education attention control (HE).
Design: The Promoting AdolescenT Health (PATH) study compares CATCH-IT and HE in a phase 3 single-blind multicenter randomized attention control trial.
Background And Purpose: Depression affects millions of adolescents in the United States each year. This population may benefit from targeted preventive interventions. We sought to understand the internal factors that affect the ability of healthcare organizations to implement an intervention that involves mental health screening and depression prevention treatment of at-risk adolescents in primary care settings.
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