Clinical Outcome After Short-term Psychotherapy for Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder

Abstract
ADOLESCENT major depressive disorder is a common and impairing condition that is both recurrent and persistent into adulthood.1,2 Naturalistic studies have shown that in clinically referred samples, the median duration for a pediatric major depressive episode is approximately 8 months, with a recovery rate up to 90% over 1 to 2 years from the onset of the depressive episode and a rate of recurrence of 40% to 70% over a period of 2 to 5 years, respectively.1,2

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