Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression: Understanding the Core of the Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents Model and Its Adaptations

Abstract

The goal of this presentation is to introduce the principles and techniques of interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents (IPT-A) suffering from depression and its adaptations for the treatment of depressed preadolescents, prevention of depression in adolescents, and the use of IPT-A in conjunction with medication. Research support for these adaptations also will be discussed. IPT-A is an efficacious treatment that is delineated in a published treatment manual.