TY - JOUR
T1 - Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) Program With Texas Adolescents
T2 - Depression, Anxiety, and Substance Use Outcomes
AU - Trivedi, Madhukar H.
AU - Nandy, Karabi
AU - Mayes, Taryn L.
AU - Wang, Tianyi
AU - Forbes, Kathryn
AU - Anderson, Jacqueline R.
AU - Fuller, Anne
AU - Hughes, Jennifer L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Objective: To determine the state of mental health problems among a general youth population and assess whether the Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) intervention can improve symptoms of depression and anxiety. Methods: We implemented YAM with a cluster quasi-experimental study design from August 2017 through June 2019 in 29 middle schools and high schools in North Texas. Students completed the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, Adolescent version; the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener; and additional substance use questionnaires before YAM delivery and 3-6 months after implementation. Multilevel models, with students nested within schools, were used to model difference scores of depression and anxiety, controlling for various student-level and school-level characteristics. Missing data were imputed during analysis. Sensitivity analyses were performed on non-imputed data. Results: Among 3, 302 adolescents at pre-test, 27% had moderate-to-severe depression, 22% had moderate-to-severe anxiety, and 4% expressed suicidal ideation. We found that on average, compared to those who had no depression at pre-test, depression decreased at post-test by (a) 4.62 units (P < .05) for those who had severe to very severe depression at pre-test, (b) 2.92 units (P < .0001) for those who had moderate depression at pre-test, and (c) 1.5 units (P < .001) for those who had mild depression at pre-test, controlling for all other factors in the model. Similar significant decreases were observed in anxiety, controlling for student-level characteristics. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of YAM in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety among adolescents in North Texas.
AB - Objective: To determine the state of mental health problems among a general youth population and assess whether the Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) intervention can improve symptoms of depression and anxiety. Methods: We implemented YAM with a cluster quasi-experimental study design from August 2017 through June 2019 in 29 middle schools and high schools in North Texas. Students completed the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, Adolescent version; the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener; and additional substance use questionnaires before YAM delivery and 3-6 months after implementation. Multilevel models, with students nested within schools, were used to model difference scores of depression and anxiety, controlling for various student-level and school-level characteristics. Missing data were imputed during analysis. Sensitivity analyses were performed on non-imputed data. Results: Among 3, 302 adolescents at pre-test, 27% had moderate-to-severe depression, 22% had moderate-to-severe anxiety, and 4% expressed suicidal ideation. We found that on average, compared to those who had no depression at pre-test, depression decreased at post-test by (a) 4.62 units (P < .05) for those who had severe to very severe depression at pre-test, (b) 2.92 units (P < .0001) for those who had moderate depression at pre-test, and (c) 1.5 units (P < .001) for those who had mild depression at pre-test, controlling for all other factors in the model. Similar significant decreases were observed in anxiety, controlling for student-level characteristics. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of YAM in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety among adolescents in North Texas.
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U2 - 10.4088/JCP.21m14221
DO - 10.4088/JCP.21m14221
M3 - Article
C2 - 35584196
AN - SCOPUS:85139746031
SN - 0160-6689
VL - 83
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
IS - 4
M1 - 21m14221
ER -