Family-based Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Preadolescents

Laura J. Dietz, Ph.D. is a clinical and developmental psychologist whose research focuses on the study of family risk factors for depression and the development of psychosocial interventions for mood disorders in youths. Dr. Dietz completed her graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh, a predoctoral internship at Children's Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, IL, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. For the past 10 years, Dr. Dietz has developed, manualized, and tested the efficacy and putative treatment mechanisms of Family Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy (FB-IPT) for Depressed Preadolescents. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, and trains clinicians in Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (IPT-A) and FB-IPT. Rebecca J. Weinberg, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist at the Women's Behavioral Health program of the Allegheny Health Network, specializing in the treatment of women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Weinberg completed her graduate studies at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University and a predoctoral internship at Allegheny General Hospital. Dr. Weinberg completed her postdoctoral training at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and participated in the development of Family Based Interpersonal Therapy (FB-IPT) for Depressed Preadolescents, assisted in writing the treatment manual and provided this psychotherapy to preadolescents and their families. Laura Mufson, Ph.D. is a Professor of Medical Psychology in Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), Co-Director of the Office of Clinical Psychology at CUMC, and Director of the Department of Clinical Psychology at New York State Psychiatric Institute. In addition, she is Director of Clinical Child Psychology in Child Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Mufson developed the adolescent adaptation of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression (IPT-A) and has published extensively on interpersonal psychotherapy and its adaptations for treating youth in diverse settings. Through her own work as well as mentoring of and collaboration with other researchers, she has contributed significantly to the evidence base for IPT for youth. Her areas of expertise include the evaluation of empirically supported intervention outcomes in clinical trials conducted in research and community settings, and the transportability and implementation of treatments in the

PART ONE: BACKGROUND & RATIONALE FOR FAMILY BASED INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY (FB-IPT)

Chapter 1 Introduction to Preadolescent Depression
Chapter 2 IPT and IPT-A: Core Components and Evidence
Chapter 3 Developmental Adaptations for FB-IPT for Depressed Preadolescents
Chapter 4 Assessment of Preadolescent Depression

PART TWO: FB-IPT INITIAL PHASE

Chapter 5 Session 1: Introducing FB-IPT and the Mood Thermometer
Chapter 6 Session 2: Completing the Closeness Circle and Identifying Parenting Challenges
Chapter 7 Session 3: Conducting the Interpersonal Inventory
Chapter 8 Session 4: Introducing Parent Tips
Chapter 9 Session 5: Formulating the Problem Area

PART THREE: FB-IPT MIDDLE PHASE

Chapter 10 Session 6: Introducing the Tween Tips and "Use Good Timing"
Chapter 11 Session 7: "Give to Get"
Chapter 12 Session 8: "Make 'I Feel' Statements"
Chapter 13 Session 9: "Have a Few Solutions in Mind"
Chapter 14 Sessions 10 and 11: Designing Interpersonal Experiments for Comorbid Anxiety

PART FOUR: FB-IPT TERMINATION PHASE

Chapter 15 Session 12: Planning for the End of FB-IPT
Chapter 16 Session 13: Identifying Early Warning Signs for Depression Recurrence
Chapter 17 Session 14: Reviewing Progress and Saying Goodbye

PART FIVE: IMPLEMENTATION OF FB-IPT

Chapter 18 Special Topics in FB-IPT
Chapter 19 Empirical Evidence for FB-IPT

Appendices

References

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