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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2015
Abstract
Efforts to prevent depression have become a key health system priority. Currently, there is a high prevalence of depression among adolescents, and treatment has become costly due to the recurrence patterns of the illness, impairment among patients, and the complex factors needed for a treatment to be effective. Primary care may be the optimal location to identify those at risk by offering an Internet-based preventive intervention to reduce costs and improve outcomes. Few practical interventions have been developed. The models for Internet intervention development that have been put forward focus primarily on the Internet component rather than how the program fits within a broader context. This paper describes the conceptualization for developing technology based preventive models for primary care by integrating the components within a behavioral vaccine framework. CATCH-IT (Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral, Humanistic and Interpersonal Training) has been developed and successfully implemented within various health systems over a period of 14 years among adolescents and young adults aged 13–24.☆☆Disclosures: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees has served as a consultant to Prevail Health Solutions, Inc., Mevident Inc., San Francisco and Social Kinetics, Palo Alto, CA, and the Hong Kong University to develop Internet-based interventions. In order to facilitate dissemination, the University of Chicago agreed to grant a no-cost license to Mevident Incorporated (3/5/2010) to develop a school-based version. Neither Dr. Van Voorhees nor the university will receive any royalties or equity. Dr. Van Voorhees agreed to assist the company in adapting the intervention at the rate of $1000/day for 5.5 days. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).*Corresponding author at: Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Children's Hospital, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, 840 South Wood Street (MC 856), Chicago, IL 60612-7324. HHS Public Access Author manuscript Internet Interv. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2018 November 21. Published in final edited form as: Internet Interv. 2015 September ; 2(3): 303–313. doi:10.1016/j.invent.2015.07.004. Author
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This article was originally published in Internet Interventions, available at DOI:10.1016/j.invent.2015.07.004.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).