@article{Jeerasup_Sukhawaha_Saguanrum_Kenbubpha_Dit-ung_2020, title={ Development and Test Effectiveness of a School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Depression in Adolescents}, volume={65}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JPAT/article/view/240787}, abstractNote={<p>Objectives : This study was to develop and test the effectiveness of a school-based cognitive<br>behavioral group therapy (CBT) for depression in children and adolescents.<br>Methods : A research and development design was used to study, consisting of two phases.<br>The first phase was the development stage based on the concept of CBT. Three researchers<br>who developed this program were trained and experienced in term of CBT in childhood and<br>adolescence. The CBT program was also evaluated and provided suggestions from an expert<br>on CBT. The CBT program was divided into six sessions in every session for about 60 minutes,<br>and it performed in six weeks. The second phase is the evaluation of the CBT program.<br>Twenty-six participants were children and adolescents experiencing depression and studying<br>in junior and senior high school of a public school in Ubon Ratchathani province. They were<br>examined by the revision of 9-questions of an assessment tool for depressive symptoms and<br>diagnosed by a child and adolescent psychiatrist before recruiting them into the CBT program.<br>The 9-Q-revision were also used to assess depressive symptoms of the participants after the<br>end of the program immediately, including follow-up in one and three months. The data were<br>analyzed using frequency, percentage, and Repeated Measures ANOVA.<br>Results : The CBT program consists of six sessions, namely, insight into depression, happiness<br>activities, be aware of own thought, be mindful of own emotion, management own problems,<br>and set up own goal. The subjects who were willing to participate in all six sessions of the CBT<br>program were twenty-three persons. The majority of the participants aged 14 years-old (39.1%)<br>and average aged 14.6 years-old (S.D.=1.335). Most of them were female students approximately<br>34.8%. Evaluation of the CBT program found that average a score of depressive<br>symptoms in the participants reduced significantly after finishing the CBT program (p<0.01).<br>The follow-up period in one and three months also indicated that average a score of depressive<br>symptoms in participants significantly decreased (p<0.01) when compared with the score<br>before attending the CBT program. Two participants have still observed the high-risk of suicide.<br>Conclusion : The school-based cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBT) for depression in<br>children and adolescents has shown the effectiveness to reduce depressive symptoms.<br>Therefore, this CBT program should be implemented and applied to childhood and adolescence<br>experiencing depression in junior and senior high schools.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand}, author={Jeerasup, Nuntiya and Sukhawaha, Supattra and Saguanrum, Kamonthip and Kenbubpha, Kedsaraporn and Dit-ung, Hathairat}, year={2020}, month={Mar.}, pages={47–62} }