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How Effective Is Psychodynamic Therapy For The Treatment Of Depression In Children/Adolescents?

Mark Reinecke, Ph.D., Chief, Division of Psychology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
February 28, 2008

Question: How effective is psychodynamic therapy for the treatment of depression in children/adolescents?

Answer: Well once again we have a treatment there that's been used for the better part of 75 years. And unfortunately, although there's a good deal of case support for it, is that it's case reports. There's very little in the way of controlled outcome research indicating that it is effective.

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So it's once again not one of those treatments that would be empirically supported. There are other treatments that seem to be more effective right now.

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