Changes in Children's Behavior and Costs for Service Use Associated With Parents' Response to Treatment for Dysthymia

OBJECTIVE: This study examined differences in children's behavior and expenditures for health and social services used when their parents with dysthymia did or did not respond to antidepressant therapy. METHOD: Children ages 4 to 16 years of consenting parents enrolled in a treatment trial for dysthymia who did and did not respond to treatment were compared at baseline and 24 months. The responder was a parent with at least a 40% reduction in …