{"id":1584,"date":"2012-02-13T08:57:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2012-02-13T08:57:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:57:31","slug":"can-texting-be-used-to-keep-teens-from-becoming-depressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/2012\/02\/13\/can-texting-be-used-to-keep-teens-from-becoming-depressed\/","title":{"rendered":"Can texting be used to keep teens from becoming depressed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/files\/2012\/02\/depression.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1585\" style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding: 0.5em;\" title=\"depression\" src=\"http:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/files\/2012\/02\/depression.jpg\" alt=\"depressed teen holding her face with left hand.\" width=\"120\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a>Preventing depression in teens can help them avoid social dysfunction, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, suicide, and mental health conditions in adulthood. A study recently published in the online Journal of Medical Internet Research tested whether a&#160;&#8221;depression prevention intervention for adolescents&#8221;&#160; delivered via texting could help. This double-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted in high schools in Auckland, New Zealand, from June 2009 through April 2011 using 855 students ranging in age from 13 &#8211; 17.&#160; Results from follow-up questionnaires showed that participants in the intervention group were more successful and remaining positive and getting rid of negative thoughts than the control group. Changes in clinician-based depression scores of participants are yet to be completed, but if similar in effectiveness, this could provide parents, schools and mental health professionals a new tool for combating teenage depression.<\/p>\n<p>Would you sign up for such a program? What ways has texting and communicating with others electronically provided you with support to get through rough times? Tell us about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New study shows promise that depression prevention programs delivered via text messages can be effective in reducing teenage depression and the challenges often associated with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,331,78],"tags":[4692,4691],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-mobile","category-research","tag-prevention","tag-teenage-depression"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 14:54:20","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}