Certain interventions to prevent depression in adolescents may not be as effective in Black youth, according to a study in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Researchers from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted youth focus groups with 425 ninth grade students in the southern United States. More than half of participants (57.2%) identified as Black, and the remainder identified as White. Participants were randomized to either a prevention group or a nonprevention control ...
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