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BCYF Completed Project
Depression, Parenting Practices, and the Healthy Development of Children
Committee Report
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Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention (2009)
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Committee Meetings
Meeting #1: December 12-13, 2007
Open Session Agenda
Meeting #2: February 26-27, 2008
Open Session Agenda
Workshop on Parenting and Depression & Meeting #3: April 14-16, 2008
View Agenda and Speaker Presentations from the April 14 Workshop on Parenting and Depression
Meeting #4: June 19-20, 2008
Meeting #5: September 3-4, 2008
Background
An ad hoc committee organized a consensus study to review the relevant research literature on the identification, prevention, and treatment of parental depression, its interaction with parenting practices, and its effects on children and families with a special focus on:
(1) clarifying what is known about interactions among depression and its co-occurring conditions, parenting practices, and child health and development,
(2) identifying the findings, strengths, and limitations of the evidentiary base that support assessment, treatment and prevention interventions for depressed parents and their children,
(3) highlighting disparities in the prevalence, prevention, treatment, and outcomes of parental depression among different socio-demographic populations (e.g., race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status),
(4) examining strategies for widespread implementation of best practice and promising practice programs given the large numbers of depressed parents, and
(5) identify strategies that can foster the use of effective interventions in different service settings for diverse populations of children and families.
The committee gave particular attention to both opportunities for intervention as well as barriers to implementation, including public policy strategies, structure of clinical systems, and funding mechanisms that will maximize the likelihood of large-scale implementation of effective programs. The committee also considered key issues that need to be resolved in incorporating interventions into health and social service environments that serve children and families.
The project was sponsored by The California Endowment, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration.
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