Other 'What Works' Topics
Emotional and Mental Health
By Jonathan F. Zaff, Ph.D., Julia Calkins, Lisa J. Bridges, Ph.D., and Nancy Geyelin Margie
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Self-Esteem Perceived Competence Coping Depression Anxiety Eating Disorders ADHD
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Conduct Disorder Drug and Alcohol Abuse Multiple Internalizing and Externalizing Problems        
Emotional & Mental Health

  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies
Depression
- At the individual level, cognitive-behavioral therapy

- At the individual level, serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitors (SSRI's)

- At the individual level, tricyclics

 
- At an individual level, alleviating negative self-appraisals and self-criticism, as they are antecedents to depression.

- Fostering parent-child relationships that are warm and positive, instead of harsh and punitive.

- Creating social support systems for depressed youth.


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