Interpersonal psychotherapy triage format for depression in children

• Grant number: 12/17485-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: May 01, 2013
• End date: April 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Psychiatry
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Feijó de Mello
• Grantee: Marcelo Feijó de Mello
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Depressive disorders are the leading cause of burden on developing countries in young people aged from 10-24 years old. Health professionals from the Brazilian Familial Health Program were not trained to recognize or treat these symptoms. The lack of trained physicians and high cost of medication make the use of antidepressants unfeasible. Therefore, an evidence-based psychotherapy was considered a reasonable treatment option by a team of health researchers familiar with the local culture, who designed a randomized controlled clinical trial. Interpersonal psychotherapy Evaluation, Support, Triage format (IPT-EST) was selected because it was time limited, described in a manual, and had some evidence of efficacy from clinical trials. Moreover, its focus on interpersonal triggers of MDD was considered compatible with the culture. The trial will compare a 4-week IPT-EST to treatment as usual (TAU) for 240 caretakers of children aged up to 12 years old with depressive disorder. This paper describes the rationale for and the design of the study, which may have important public health benefits for some of Brazil's most socially and health-deprived citizens (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MATSUZAKA, CAMILA T.; WAINBERG, MILTON L.; PALA, ANDREA NORCINI; HOFFMANN, ELIS V.; COIMBRA, BRUNO M.; BRAGA, ROSALY F.; DUARTE, CRISTIANE S.; SWEETLAND, ANNIKA C.; MELLO, MARCELO F.. Correlations between caregiver psychiatric symptoms and offspring psychopathology in a low-resource setting. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 40, n. 1, p. 56-62, JAN-MAR 2018. (12/17485-4)

ELIS VIVIANE HOFFMANN; CRISTIANE S. DUARTE; CAMILA T. MATSUZAKA; ANA CAROLINA COELHO MILANI; VICTOR FOSSALUZA; ANDREA F. MELLO; MARCELO F. MELLO. The positive impact of an intervention for maternal depression on child emotional and behavioral symptoms in a low-resource setting. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 44, n. 6, p. 590-601, 2022-12-19. (12/17485-4)

MATSUZAKA, CAMILA T.; WAINBERG, MILTON L.; PALA, ANDREA NORCINI; HOFFMANN, ELIS V.; COIMBRA, BRUNO M.; BRAGA, ROSALY F.; DUARTE, CRISTIANE S.; SWEETLAND, ANNIKA C.; MELLO, MARCELO F.. Correlations between caregiver psychiatric symptoms and offspring psychopathology in a low-resource setting. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 40, n. 1, p. 7-pg., 2018-01-01. (12/17485-4)

MATSUZAKA, CAMILA T.; WAINBERG, MILTON; PALA, ANDREA NORCINI; HOFFMANN, ELIS V.; COIMBRA, BRUNO M.; BRAGA, ROSALY F.; SWEETLAND, ANNIKA C.; MELLO, MARCELO F.. Task shifting interpersonal counseling for depression: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in primary care. BMC Psychiatry, v. 17, JUN 21 2017. (12/17485-4)