Counseling outcomes from 1990 to 2008 for school-age youth with depression: a meta-analysis

Clinical trials exploring the effectiveness of counseling and psychotherapy in treatment of depression in school-age youth composed this meta-analysis. Results were synthesized using a random effects model for mean difference and mean gain effect size estimates. No effects of moderating variables were evident. Counseling and psychotherapy are effective for treatment of depression in school-age youth both at termination and follow- up, and in school and nonschool settings.
Depression is a mood state that involves frequent and intense feelings of sadness that cause an individual to lose interest in normal daily activities, such as work or school performance, [...]