A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Depression in Rural American Indian Middle School Students

Authors

Lori Listug-Lunde, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Department, St. Cloud HospitalFollow
Nancy Vogeltanz-Holm, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

Rural American Indian (AI) middle school students with depressive symptoms who participated in a culturally modified version of the Adolescent Coping with Depression (CWD-A) course (n = 8) reported significant improvement in depressive symptoms at post-intervention and at 3-month follow-up. There was also a nonsignificant but clinically relevant decrease in participants' anxiety symptoms. Students reported satisfaction with the intervention, and it was potentially more cost-effective and less stigmatizing than the individualized treatment-as-usual interventions to which it was compared. These results suggest the CWD-A is a promising approach for reducing depressive and anxiety symptoms in rural AI students and should be further evaluated with a larger sample of students.

Recommended Citation

Listug-Lunde, Lori and Vogeltanz-Holm, Nancy, "A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Depression in Rural American Indian Middle School Students" (2013). Articles. 22.
https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/articles/22