Behavioral skill practice as a predictor of mood and family functioning in adolescents with bipolar and depressive mood disorders: Results of a 6‐month randomized trial of family‐focused therapy
- Published on 07/30/2024
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Marc J. Weintraub 1, John A. Merranko 2, Megan C. Ichinose 1, Danielle M. Denenny 1, Patricia D. Walshaw 1, Georga Morgan‐Fleming 1, Robin D. Brown 1, Armen C. Arevian 3, David J. Miklowitz 1
1
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California
Los Angeles
California
USA
2
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
USA
3
Chorus Innovations, Inc
Long Beach
California
USA
Abstract
Objective Behavioral interventions require considerable practice of treatment skills in between therapy sessions. The effects of these treatments may vary with the degree to which patients are able to implement these practices. In offspring of parents with bipolar and major depressive disorders, we examined whether youth who frequently practiced communication and problem‐solving skills between family‐focused therapy (FFT) sessions had less severe mood symptoms...
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