Ensuring healthy development for youth
Grand Challenge
Research Question
Individual & family well-being
Do community-based intervention and prevention programs including schools serve as an effective treatment option for decreasing overall symptoms of anxiety and depression in school-aged youth ages 6-18 in comparison to those untreated?
Literature Review Presentation by Taylor DeFrees
Introduction & Background
Mental health is an essential part of overall health
Grand challenges are an opportunity for social workers use their power to advocate, inform, and create change for the better good. Investing in youth today can lead to a healthier future for not only the individual but all of society. The prevelenace of anxiety and depression affecting youth remains high and can lead to poor life outcomes, including comorbidity, impairment, and suicide.
-Vivek Murthy U.S Surgeon General
I personally and professionally have seen the power of prevention and intervention methods improve the quality of life for youth in a way that has made tremenous reductions in symptoms of anxiety and depression, and provided hope for a more positive future.
Anxiety & Depression among youth
KNOW THE FACTS
DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES
It is common for youth to develop multiple mental illnesses at once 3 in 4 children with depression also have anxiety (CDC, 2023).
CLICK TO LEARN MORE
Approximately 7.7 million youth were affected by anxiety or depression between 2017-2019 (CDC, 2023)
Correlational studies
Creates an economic burden for society and the individual in the longrun (Donovan & Spence, 2020)
Comorbidity and the potential of lifelong prevelance have a 32% chance when onset takes place during adolesence. (Kalin, 2021)
CONSEQUENCES
HELPFUL FACTORS
Heritability of anxiety and depression is between 30%-40% (Kalin, 2021)
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Early prevention programs
Intervention programs
Nonheritable factors such as environment, society, family, community are factors that can be modified and controlled
Community-based resources
CBT
Effectiveness Studies
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been identified as one of the most common methods to have consistent reduction of symptoms related to anxiety depression, as well as reduce the likelihood of comorbidity. (Christensen et al., 2010)
60%
REDUCTION
ACCESS
A systematic review of intervention and prevention programs that targeted anxiety and depression in youth had a success rate of 60% in overall reduction of symptoms. (Christensen et al., 2010)
Increasing access to intervention and prevention programs within the community such as schools can help reach more children and help break barriers, reducing the number of youth that go untreated.
Outcomes Implications & Conclusion
Social workers can work togehter and with the community to advocate for greater awareness and access to intervention and early prevention to help combat this Grand Challengeand ensure healthy development for youth.
Environmental and biological factors both contribute to the development of anxiety and depression
Untreated anxiety and depression leads to impairment, poor outcomes later in life, economic burdens, and can be life threatening (Neil & Christensen, 2009)
Expanding access of community-based interventions and early prevention programs can help break barriers, reach more youth, and reduce prevelance.
Anxiety and depression among youth continue to increase. (CDC, 2010)
Further research that incorporates studies on children and adolsecents with anxiety and depression including qualitative and quantitative studies can help increase awareness and help improve current interventions and develop new ones.
Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023, March 8). Data and statistics on children’s Mental Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html
U.S Surgeon General’s Office . (2021). Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory . U.S Department of Health and Human Services . https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-youth-mental-health-advisory.pdf
Kalin, N. H. (2021). Anxiety, depression, and suicide in Youth. American Journal of Psychiatry, 178(4), 275–279. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.21020186
Donovan, C.L., & Spence, S.H. (2000). Prevention of childhood anxiety disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 20, 509–531.
Neil, A. L., & Christensen, H. (2009). Efficacy and effectiveness of school-based prevention and early intervention programs for anxiety. Clinical Psychology Review, 29(3), 208–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2009.01.002
Many youth experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression will go untreated and have an increased risk of developing poor outcomes later in life.
Untreated anxiety and depression can lead to impariment and can be life threatening (U.S Surgeon General's Advisory, 2021).
feels like being stuck drowning a heaviness exhaustion (Tennent & Legras, 2021)
Anxiety
feels like anger sadness loneliness fatigue (Woodgate, 2006)
Depression
Qualitative studies with youth interviews reported :
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Ensuring healthy development for youth
Grand Challenge
Research Question
Individual & family well-being
Do community-based intervention and prevention programs including schools serve as an effective treatment option for decreasing overall symptoms of anxiety and depression in school-aged youth ages 6-18 in comparison to those untreated?
Literature Review Presentation by Taylor DeFrees
Introduction & Background
Mental health is an essential part of overall health
Grand challenges are an opportunity for social workers use their power to advocate, inform, and create change for the better good. Investing in youth today can lead to a healthier future for not only the individual but all of society. The prevelenace of anxiety and depression affecting youth remains high and can lead to poor life outcomes, including comorbidity, impairment, and suicide.
-Vivek Murthy U.S Surgeon General
I personally and professionally have seen the power of prevention and intervention methods improve the quality of life for youth in a way that has made tremenous reductions in symptoms of anxiety and depression, and provided hope for a more positive future.
Anxiety & Depression among youth
KNOW THE FACTS
DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES
It is common for youth to develop multiple mental illnesses at once 3 in 4 children with depression also have anxiety (CDC, 2023).
CLICK TO LEARN MORE
Approximately 7.7 million youth were affected by anxiety or depression between 2017-2019 (CDC, 2023)
Correlational studies
Creates an economic burden for society and the individual in the longrun (Donovan & Spence, 2020)
Comorbidity and the potential of lifelong prevelance have a 32% chance when onset takes place during adolesence. (Kalin, 2021)
CONSEQUENCES
HELPFUL FACTORS
Heritability of anxiety and depression is between 30%-40% (Kalin, 2021)
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Early prevention programs
Intervention programs
Nonheritable factors such as environment, society, family, community are factors that can be modified and controlled
Community-based resources
CBT
Effectiveness Studies
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been identified as one of the most common methods to have consistent reduction of symptoms related to anxiety depression, as well as reduce the likelihood of comorbidity. (Christensen et al., 2010)
60%
REDUCTION
ACCESS
A systematic review of intervention and prevention programs that targeted anxiety and depression in youth had a success rate of 60% in overall reduction of symptoms. (Christensen et al., 2010)
Increasing access to intervention and prevention programs within the community such as schools can help reach more children and help break barriers, reducing the number of youth that go untreated.
Outcomes Implications & Conclusion
Social workers can work togehter and with the community to advocate for greater awareness and access to intervention and early prevention to help combat this Grand Challengeand ensure healthy development for youth.
Environmental and biological factors both contribute to the development of anxiety and depression
Untreated anxiety and depression leads to impairment, poor outcomes later in life, economic burdens, and can be life threatening (Neil & Christensen, 2009)
Expanding access of community-based interventions and early prevention programs can help break barriers, reach more youth, and reduce prevelance.
Anxiety and depression among youth continue to increase. (CDC, 2010)
Further research that incorporates studies on children and adolsecents with anxiety and depression including qualitative and quantitative studies can help increase awareness and help improve current interventions and develop new ones.
Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023, March 8). Data and statistics on children’s Mental Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html
U.S Surgeon General’s Office . (2021). Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory . U.S Department of Health and Human Services . https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-youth-mental-health-advisory.pdf
Kalin, N. H. (2021). Anxiety, depression, and suicide in Youth. American Journal of Psychiatry, 178(4), 275–279. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.21020186
Donovan, C.L., & Spence, S.H. (2000). Prevention of childhood anxiety disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 20, 509–531.
Neil, A. L., & Christensen, H. (2009). Efficacy and effectiveness of school-based prevention and early intervention programs for anxiety. Clinical Psychology Review, 29(3), 208–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2009.01.002
Many youth experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression will go untreated and have an increased risk of developing poor outcomes later in life.
Untreated anxiety and depression can lead to impariment and can be life threatening (U.S Surgeon General's Advisory, 2021).
feels like being stuck drowning a heaviness exhaustion (Tennent & Legras, 2021)
Anxiety
feels like anger sadness loneliness fatigue (Woodgate, 2006)
Depression
Qualitative studies with youth interviews reported :