Abstract

Obective:

Brief Behavioural Activation (Brief BA) is a time limited psychological therapy for the treatment of depression symptoms in adolescents. Research on clients’ experiences of the helpful and unhelpful aspects of psychological therapies is important for developing an understanding of the therapeutic process, and for helping to improve interventions and therapists’ skills. The aim of this study was to explore 12–19 year old’s experiences of the helpful and unhelpful aspects of Brief BA.

Method:

Thematic analysis of one-to-one interviews with nine adolescents who had completed Brief BA at school was conducted.

Results:

Three main themes relating to the helpful aspects were identified: “self-discovery”; “given the tools to cope and make progress”; “having someone to talk to.” One main theme relating to the unhelpful aspects of Brief BA, “discontinuation and maintenance,” was also identified.

Conclusions:

Findings indicated that the participants found behavioural activation strategies, identifying values and valued activities, and therapist support to be helpful. The duration of therapy and difficulties in maintaining improvements were identified as unhelpful aspects. Future research is needed to investigate the impact of the timing of the end of therapy and how improvements can be more easily maintained after the end of Brief BA.

中文翻译：

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 “……如果我在乎东西，那么其他人就会在乎我”。青少年抑郁症短暂行为激活疗法的有益和无益方面的经验

摘要

目标：

简短行为激活（Brief BA）是一种有时间限制的心理疗法，用于治疗青少年抑郁症状。研究来访者对心理治疗有益和无益方面的体验对于了解治疗过程以及帮助提高干预和治疗师的技能很重要。本研究的目的是探讨 12-19 岁儿童对 Brief BA 的有益和无益方面的体验。

方法：

对 9 名在学校完成简短 BA 的青少年进行了一对一访谈的专题分析。

结果：

确定了与有益方面相关的三个主要主题：“自我发现”；“提供应对和取得进步的工具”；“有人说话。” 还确定了与 Brief BA 无益方面相关的一个主题，即“终止和维护”。

结论：

结果表明，参与者发现行为激活策略、确定价值观和有价值的活动以及治疗师的支持是有帮助的。治疗的持续时间和维持改善的困难被确定为无益的方面。未来的研究需要调查治疗结束时间的影响，以及在 Brief BA 结束后如何更容易地保持改善。