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- Title
Can Basic Risk Research Help in the Prevention of Childhood and Adolescent Depression? Examining a Cognitive and Emotional Regulation Approach.
- Authors
Rice, Frances; Rawal, Adhip
- Abstract
This paper aims to highlight ways in which basic research findings in the field of childhood and adolescent depression can help to inform and refine preventive intervention efforts. We selectively review basic research evidence from community, clinical, and high risk populations that identifies cognitive mechanisms (thought processes and reactions to negative affect) and emotional regulation as key processes involved in the onset and maintenance of depression. We focus on cognitive and emotional mechanisms in order to allow comparability with the majority of current preventive interventions. A range of basic research strategies and studies are then suggested that could be employed to help the development and refinement of prevention strategies. These include the need for prospective longitudinal studies to identify causal risk and protective factors, an integration of research approaches and methods, and a focus on understanding potential aetiological heterogeneity between childhood and adolescent depression.
- Subjects
DEPRESSION in adolescence; DEPRESSION in children; ETIOLOGY of mental depression; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; AFFECTIVE disorders; LONGITUDINAL method; ETIOLOGY of diseases; DEPRESSED persons
- Publication
Depression Research & Treatment, 2011, p1
- ISSN
2090-1321
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2011/871245