Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Prevent Relapse in Pediatric Responders to Pharmacotherapy for Major Depressive Disorder

 Funding for this study was provided by NIMH R34 MH072737 (PI: Betsy Kennard). The authors acknowledge the support of NIMH R01 MH39188 (PI: Graham Emslie), which provided for the start-up phase of this project. The authors also acknowledge the support of NIMH K24 01571 (to Robin Jarrett).The authors thank Avery Hoenig, Ph.D. (one of the CBT therapists); Puja Patel; Alyssa Parker; Ashley Melson; Jaime Murphy; Jeanne Rintelmann; Jarrette Moore; Kirti Saxena, M.D.; Paul Croarkin, D.O.; andMaryam Rezai, M.D., for valuable contributions. In addition, the authors also thank David Brent, M.D.; Greg Clarke, Ph.D.; John Curry, Ph.D.; Kim Poling M.S.W.; Kevin Stark, Ph.D.; and his graduate students for careful manual review; and John Rush, M.D., for consultation, and Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., for support of the project.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression Relapse Prevention in Children and AdolescentsURL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00158301.

PII: S0890-8567(08)60140-9

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31818914a1

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