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Engaging depressed African American adolescents in treatment: lessons from the AAKOMA PROJECT
Author(s) -
BrelandNoble Alfiee M.,
Burriss Antoinette,
Poole H. Kathy
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20708
Subject(s) - african american , psychology , depression (economics) , session (web analytics) , grounded theory , clinical psychology , focus group , differential treatment , adolescent development , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , qualitative research , sociology , social science , ethnology , business , world wide web , computer science , anthropology , international trade , economics , macroeconomics
The authors describe and illustrate means of engaging depressed African American adolescents in treatment. Twenty‐eight youth participated in focus groups or individual interviews. Using grounded theory and transcript based analysis, they derived 5 themes describing African American adolescents' experience of depression and suggested mechanisms for improving African American youth treatment engagement. Practitioners can educate African American youth about depression as a medical disorder, build trust, and apply innovative approaches to recognizing differential manifestations of depression in African American youth. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 66:1–12, 2010.