The treatment of suicidality in adolescents by psychosocial interventions for depression: A systematic literature review
Devenish B, Berk L, Lewis AJ. ANZJP. 2016, 50(8), 726-40.
This review of 35 articles sought to determine whether psychological interventions aimed to prevent and/or treat depression in adolescents could also reduce suicidality. Although suicidality decreased in both intervention and active control groups, most structured psychological depression treatment interventions did not outperform pharmaceutical or treatment as usual control groups. Depression prevention studies demonstrated small but statistically significant reductions in suicidality.