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This issue of the research digest lists the abstracts of studies from the past seven years that have utilised data compiled as part of the Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic And Cognitive Therapies (IMPACT) randomised controlled trial (RCT), and the IMPACT-My Experience (IMPACT-ME) study that was nested within IMPACT. This ambitious project is the largest clinical trial of psychological therapies for adolescent depression ever to have taken place in Europe and explored the effectiveness of three therapeutic interventions – cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP), and brief psychosocial intervention (BPI) – in the treatment and relapse prevention of depression in young people. IMPACT-ME explored young people’s experience of overcoming depression and of treatments they received as part of the IMPACT trial.
This Journal is pleased to have published several papers that have used data from the IMPACT study, including one in this issue. However, this edition of the Research Digest focusses on studies published in other journals, which our readership may not be familiar with. This is a truly impressive collection of papers and a reminder that the value of such large-scale studies goes far beyond the primary findings. Indeed, one could argue that it is these smaller pieces of research that are the most thought-provoking clinically, providing a different lens through which to think about our therapeutic practice and develop our technique.
It is worth noting that an unusual aspect of this Digest is the fact that every paper included has one co-author in common – ACP member Professor Nick Midgley. His work on the IMPACT study, and his generosity in supporting many MSc, Doctorate, and PhD researchers, have been of tremendous value to the scientific development of our profession, for which we owe him a huge debt of gratitude.
The Digest begins with two papers that look at adolescent patients’ beliefs about their depression , and hopes and