Meta-analytic reviews on psychological interventions for preventing the onset of depressive disorders

Two reviews conduct meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials to examine the effects of preventive interventions in reducing the onset of depressive disorder:

1. Preventing the Onset of Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychological Interventions, by van Zoonen et al, (2014)

2. Preventing the Onset of Depressive Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychological Interventions, by Cuijpers et al (2008)

The key message from both papers suggest that prevention of depressive disorders is possible, and that prevention may become an important way to help reduce the enormous public health burden of depression in the coming years.