Tracy R.G. Gladstone Projects

Recent

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  Depression/Suicide Prevention for Adolescents in Holliston
  
  
  Ongoing Since 2017

  Youth depression is a problem of major proportions, and over half of all teens who plan or attempt suicide have a mood disorder at the time.

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  Depression Prevention Dissemination
  
  
  Ongoing since 2015
  Primary Prevention Initiatives

  With this renewal of support, Gladstone will continue her work training In-Home Therapy clinicians in the Family Talk intervention, and supporting the use of the intervention with In-Home Therapy clients.

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  Depression Prevention for Middle School Students in Natick
  
  
  Ongoing since 2016

  This project aims to implement an evidence-based suicide prevention program in the Natick middle school.

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  Natick Depression Prevention Initiatives
  
  
  Ongoing since 2015
  An evaluation of depression in Natick Public School students 

  Hey NHS/WMS/KMS is a three-part program to address adolescent depression throughout the Natick Public Schools. The program will make an effort to increase mental health literacy in the Natick school community, and to prepare the community for a broad-based screening and intervention approach to the problem of youth depression/suicidal behavior.

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  Prevention of Depression: Impact on the Transition to Early Adulthood
  
  
  Ongoing since 2009
  Preventing Depression for Young Adults

  The research teamwill examine the long-term effects of an earlier intervention on preventing depression during the critical developmental transition to young adulthood.

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  Prevention of Depression in At-Risk Adolescents Project - Boston
  
  
  Ongoing
  Assessing the Benefits of Intervention

  This national, multi-site research study aims to test the effectiveness and generalizability of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for preventing depressive disorders in at-risk adolescent offspring of parents with depression.

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  Primary Care and Community-Based Prevention of Mental Disorders in Adolescents
  
  

  Ongoing since 2018

  This multi-year study will test of two approaches -- the online intervention CATCH-IT and an in-person group therapy intervention, POD -- to see which can prevent depression in teens.

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  Promoting Adolescent Health (PATH)
  
  
  Ongoing since 2011
  Promoting Adolescent Health (PATH) online depression prevention program

  Evaluation of a primary care/Internet-based depression prevention program for at-risk adolescents and their families.

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  Promoting Health and Wellbeing in Adolescents and Families through a Web-based Resource
  
  

  Ongoing since: 2018

  This project will result in a better understanding of the factors that contribute to the long-term prevention of adolescent depression, including individual and family factors that influence intervention use and response.

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  Sibling Relationships in Children of Depressed Parents
  
  
  Ongoing
  Connections Between Depression and Sibling Relationships

  This project aims to explicate the relation between parental depression, parenting styles, parent/child relationships, sibling relationship quality and internalizing and externalizing outcomes in children.