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Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention
Intervention
Description
Citation
Population and Demographics
Setting
Treatment of Parents’ Depression
STAR*D: Pharmacological treatment
Assessment of children of depressed mothers participating in a trial of pharmacological treatment for depression
Pilowsky et al. (2008)
Weissman et al. (2006)
Depressed mothers participating in a treatment trial and their children
Primary care and psychiatric outpatient clinics
n = 151 mother/child pairs entered in study
n = 123 mother/child pairs completed child assessments during 1 year of follow-up
Age (mothers): 37.7 (mean); 24–52 (range)
Age (children): 11.7 years (mean); 6–17 years (range)
Race/ethnicity:
37% African American
42% White
18% Hispanic
3% Other
SES: Mixed but with a large proportion of low-income
Single-parent: 56%
Excluded: Adults with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorders; adults with any medical condition contraindicating one of the study medications
