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Family Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Depressed Preadolescents

Award Number: K23MH079353
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/24/2008
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2014

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Family Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Depressed Preadolescents - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Preadolescent depression is often a 'gateway' condition that increases the risk for recurrent depression into adolescence and adulthood. Early psychosocial interventions with depressed preadolescents are necessary to address interpersonal impairment that often increases their experience of stressful relationships and subsequent depression. The purpose of this Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) is to acquire expertise necessary to develop and evaluate a family-based psychosoical treatment for preadolescent depression to decrease recurrent depression in adolescence. The candidate's long-term goals are to become an independent clinical interventions researcher, able to modify and evaluate family-based treatments for depressed children and preadolescents in diverse clinical settings. To achieve this goal, instruction and mentoring are proposed in three main areas: 1) development and evaluation of clinical interventions for depressed preadolescents, 2) transactional models and methods for assessing behavior dependent life events, and 3) statistical methods for longitudinal data. The research plan for this award is divided into two phases that will be implemented with the support of the training plan and team of mentors and consultants. First, a developmentally-appropriate, empirically informed psychosocial treatment protocol for Family Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) will be developed and modified based upon the protocol's feasibility and acceptability in an open treatment trial with depressed preadolescents and their parents (n = 5). Second, a preliminary randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted to assess the feasibility and acceptability of Family Based IPT (n = 30) and a control treatment, supportive nondirective treatment (SNDT, n = 15), in reducing preadolescents' depressive symptoms and improving interpersonal and family functioning across the course of treatment and at 3- and 6-months post-treatment. Exploratory analyses will investigate comorbid anxiety and current parental depression as correlates of treatment outcomes in the Family Based IPT condition: Data from these research activities will inform an R01 application for conducting a large controlled efficacy trial of Family Based IPT.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2014	2012	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	123 UNIVERSITY PLACE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15213	ALLEGHENY	USA	Mental Health Research Career/Scientist Development Awards	000	5	7/5/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $147,569 )
2012	2012	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	123 UNIVERSITY PLACE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15213	ALLEGHENY	USA	Mental Health Research Career/Scientist Development Awards	000	5	6/26/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$147,569
														Subtotal = $147,569

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $145,584 )
2011	2011	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	123 UNIVERSITY PLACE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15213	ALLEGHENY	USA	Mental Health Research Career/Scientist Development Awards	000	4	6/10/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$145,584
														Subtotal = $145,584

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $143,368 )
2010	2010	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	123 UNIVERSITY PLACE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15213	ALLEGHENY	USA	Mental Health Research Career/Scientist Development Awards	000	3	7/5/2010	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$143,368
														Subtotal = $143,368

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $140,861 )
2009	2009	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	123 UNIVERSITY PLACE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15213	ALLEGHENY	USA	Mental Health Research Career/Scientist Development Awards	000	2	7/22/2009	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$140,861
														Subtotal = $140,861

Issue Date FY: 2008 ( Subtotal = $137,688 )
2008	2008	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	3017 CATHEDRAL OF LEARNING	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Mental Health Research Career/Scientist Development Awards	000	1	9/24/2008	NEW	$137,688
														Subtotal = $137,688

Grand Total All Awards = $715,070

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Family Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Depressed Preadolescents

Award Number: K23MH079353

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/24/2008

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2014

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