Preventing Adolescent Depression

Jami F. Young, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University. Dr. Young developed Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST), a depression prevention program for adolescents. Dr. Young has trained and supervised clinicians in IPT-AST, as well as in interpersonal psychotherapy for the treatment of depression. Her research examines the efficacy of depression prevention programs and risk and protective factors for youth depression. Laura Mufson, PhD, is a Professor of Medical Psychology in Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and Director of the Department of Clinical Psychology at New York State Psychiatric Institute. In addition, she is Director of Clinical Child Psychology in Child Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is the developer of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (IPT-A) and has published extensively on interpersonal psychotherapy and its adaptations for treating youth in diverse settings. Christie M. Schueler, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has served as a group leader and project coordinator for two NIMH-funded studies of IPT-AST at Rutgers University. She has worked in academic and hospital settings with children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with depression as well as a variety of other disorders. Dr. Schueler has extensive experience running IPT-AST groups, and has provided IPT-AST training and supervision to psychology graduate students and community clinicians.