Therapist adherence to interpersonal vs. supportive therapy for social anxiety disorder.

We assessed therapist adherence to interpersonal therapy (IPT) and supportive therapy (ST) in a controlled trial for social anxiety disorder. Raters blindly scored n = 133 videotapes from 53 participants using the Collaborative Study Psychotherapy Rating Scale (CSPRS). Results reveal statistical differences across groups, but higher than expected overlap.

Psychiatric disorders in youth with medically unexplained chest pain versus innocent heart murmur.

Objective: To examine the prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition psychiatric disorders in youth with chest pain compared with a control sample with innocent heart murmur.

Study Design: We assessed youth ages 8 to 17 years who were examined in cardiology settings for medically unexplained chest pain (n=100) or innocent heart murmur (n=80). We conducted semi-structured interviews and assessed medical history, quality of life, and disability.

A psychological intervention for pediatric chest pain: development and open trial.

Objective: Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) is a common and persistent problem for children and adolescents; typically there is no clear medical cause. To date, no psychological intervention has been studied for chest pain in a pediatric sample.

Methods: (a) We developed a brief psychological treatment for chest pain and associated worry in children and adolescents with NCCP.

Psychopathology and disability in children with unexplained chest pain presenting to the pediatric emergency department.

Objective: Chest pain is a common presentation in the pediatric emergency department (PED). In the majority of cases, no clear medical cause is found. Among adults with noncardiac chest pain, psychopathology including panic disorder is common.

Interpersonal psychotherapy with pregnant adolescents: two pilot studies.

Objective: To test the feasibility, acceptability and helpfulness of group Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-PA) for depression in pregnant adolescents.

Method: Two open clinical trials were conducted of IPT-PA delivered in group format in a New York City public school for pregnant girls. Study 1 tests IPT-PA for management of depressive symptoms by delivery during health class to pregnant girls with varying levels of depressive symptoms (N = 14; 10 Hispanic, 3 African-American and 1 bi-racial).

A randomized trial of interpersonal therapy versus supportive therapy for social anxiety disorder.

Seventy patients seeking treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD) were randomly assigned to 14 weekly individual sessions of interpersonal therapy (IPT) or supportive therapy (ST). We hypothesized that IPT, a psychotherapy with established efficacy for depression and other psychiatric disorders, would lead to greater improvement than ST. Patients in both groups experienced significant improvement from pretreatment to posttreatment.

An open pilot study of interpersonal psychotherapy for panic disorder (IPT-PD).

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited psychotherapy initially developed to treat depression. It has yet to be studied systematically for treatment of panic disorder. We modified IPT for the treatment of panic disorder and tested this treatment in an open clinical trial with 12 patients seeking treatment of DSM-IV panic disorder.

Noncardiac chest pain and psychopathology in children and adolescents.

Objective: We sought to examine the prevalence of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with complaints of noncardiac chest pain (NCCP).

Method: We assessed 27 youngsters (ages 8-17 years) referred to a pediatric cardiology practice with complaints of NCCP. Each child and a parent were interviewed using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children.

Maternal depression and the intergenerational transmission of religion.

This study tests the hypothesis that maternal depression (major depressive disorder; MDD) decreases rates of the intergenerational transmission of religiosity from mother to offspring and attenuates the beneficial qualities of religiosity in offspring. Depression was assessed using semistructured clinical interviews; religiosity was assessed based upon the personal importance of religion, frequency of attendance at religious services, and religious denomination. Results suggest that (1) maternal depression attenuates the intergenerational transmission of religion; (2) in the presence of maternal depression, offspring were more likely to have MDD at 10-year follow-up when mother-offspring were concordant on religious importance; and (3) in the absence of maternal depression, offspring were less likely to have MDD at 10-year follow-up when mother-offspring were concordant on attendance.

Religiousness and sexual responsibility in adolescent girls.

Objective: To investigate a potential association between religiousness and sexual responsibility in a nationally representative sample of adolescent girls.

Methods: Subjects were 3356 adolescent girls (mean age 15.97 years, SD = 1.

Adult religiousness and history of childhood depression: eleven-year follow-up study.

This study investigates the association between childhood depression and the protective qualities of adult religiousness. Subjects were 146 (65 female and 81 male) adults with a history of childhood depression and 123 (61 female and 62 male) adults without a history of childhood depression interviewed as part of a long-term follow-up study (mean years of follow-up, 11.2; SD = 1.

Religiosity, depression, and physical maturation in adolescent girls.

Objective: To assess the impact of physical maturation on the protective qualities of religiosity against depression in adolescent girls.

Method: Subjects were 3,356 adolescent girls (mean age 16.0, SD = 1.