Background Children and adolescents exposed to armed conflict are at high risk of
developing mental health problems. To date, a range of psychosocial approaches and …

Great strides have been made in developing psychosocial interventions for the treatment of
depression and bipolar disorder over the last three decades, but more remains to be done …

Depressive symptomatology can proceed from altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortex
(HPA)-axis function. Some authors stress the role that early life stress (ELS) may play in the …

Limited research has examined the associations of stress, social support, and depression
among mothers with young children over time. Longitudinal studies are needed to identify …

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the risk that family disruption and low socioeconomic
status in early childhood confer on the onset of major depression in adulthood. METHOD …

The field of school‐based prevention of behavioral problems and promotion of caring and
competence has grown dramatically in the past decade. This article provides a brief …

A family cognitive-behavioral preventive intervention for parents with a history of depression
and their 9–15-year-old children was compared with a self-study written information …

Importance Adolescent offspring of depressed parents are at high risk for experiencing
depressive disorders themselves. Objective To determine whether the positive effects of a …

Objective: To review the recent literature on the prevention of clinical diagnoses of
depression in children and adolescents. Method: Several preventive intervention programs …

Background While evidence on the cost of mental illness is growing, little is known about the
cost-effectiveness of programmes in the areas of mental health promotion (MHP) and mental …