Ethnic Differences Among Adolescents Beginning Treatment for Depression

Gabriela Livas Stein; John F. Curry; Jacqueline Hersh; Alfiee Breland-Noble; John March; Susan G. Silva; Mark A. Reinecke; Rachel Jacobs

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Ethnic Differences Among Adolescents Beginning Treatment for Depression

Gabriela Livas Stein^*, John F. Curry, Jacqueline Hersh, Alfiee Breland-Noble, John March, Susan G. Silva, Mark A. Reinecke, Rachel Jacobs

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This study examines ethnic/racial differences at the start of treatment among participants in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). African American and Latino youth were compared to Caucasian youth on symptom presentation and cognitive variables associated with depression. Contrary to hypothesis, there were no significant differences in symptom presentation as measured by the interview-based items of the Children's Depression Rating Scale - Revised (CDRS-R). However, African American and Latino youth were both rated as demonstrating more severe symptoms on the observational items of the CDRS-R compared to Caucasian youth. In terms of cognitive variables associated with depression, African Americans reported fewer negative cognitive biases compared to Caucasians, but cognitive biases were significantly correlated with depression severity across ethnic groups.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	152-158
Number of pages	7
Journal	Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018666
State	Published - Apr 2010

Keywords

Latino and African American
cognitive variables
depression
ethnic differences

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Social Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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