Table 1.

Randomized Depression Interventions Involving Young, Black Males.

Author	Intervention	Demographics	Outcomes	Did It Work?	Did It Work for Black Males?
Youth-centered behavioral treatment (four articles)
Bittman, Dickson, and Coddington (2009)	HealthRHYTHMS	12- to 18-year-old adolescents N = 30 females N = 22 males Includes African American	Depression reduction	Yes; 6.1% reduction in depression total versus a depression within the conduction group 0.004 statistical significance	Unknown; results are not reported based on race
Breland-Noble and AAKOMA Project Adult Advisory Board (2012)	AAKOMA Family Leadership Over Adolescent depression project	11- to 17-year-old African American adolescents N = 5 males N = 11 females	Depression treatment enrollment readiness	Yes; 100% effective in encouraging Black adolescents into depression treatment N = 5 versus 75% of delayed control group entered into depression treatment	Unknown; Black male specifics not identified
Gunlicks-Stoessel, Mufson, Jekal, and Turner (2010)	Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents	12- to 18-year-old adolescents (14.3% Black) N = 53 females (84.1%) N = 10 males (15.9%)	Depressive symptom reduction	Yes; for adolescents with high levels of conflict with mothers showed greater acceleration 0.35 effect size on baseline depression	Unknown; Black male specifics not identified
McMullen, O’Callaghan, Shannon, Black, and Eakin (2013)	TF-CBT	13- to 17-year-old former child soldiers (n = 39) and war-affected boys (n = 11) *Republic of the Congo	Depressive symptom reduction	Yes; 31.1% reduction in depression and anxiety versus 8.9% reduction in control group 0.567 effect size on depression and anxiety	Yes; 100% of the population were Black males
Youth-centered pharmacological/behavior treatment (one article)
March and Vitiello (2009)	Treatment for adolescents with depression study	Specific demographics unreported in article, but notes minority representation Known as a universal intervention for all adolescents despite race	Depressive symptom reduction	Yes; combination of CBT and fluoxetine works best with reducing depressive symptomology	Unknown; there was no indication of how many of the males were Black
Family-centered behavior treatment (four articles)
Brody et al. (2012)	Strong African American Families–Teen	502 Black families	Depressive symptom reduction	Yes; adolescents received a 12% reduction in depressive symptoms	Yes; 4% more effective for Black males than females
Compas et al. (2010)	Family group cognitive behavioral	120 families with six (5%) Black	Depressive symptom reduction	Yes; depressive symptoms mediated through coping skills	Unknown; there was no indication of how many of the males were Black
Diamond, Reis, Diamond, Siqueland, and Isaacs (2002)	ABFT	32 adolescents; 22% male; 69% Black adolescents	Depressive symptom reduction	Yes; 81% of patients in ABFT no longer major depressive disorder versus only 47% of those on the waitlist	Unknown; there was no indication of how many of the males were Black
Diamond et al. (2010)	ABFT	11 males in the trial; 70% Black adolescents	Depressive symptom reduction	Yes; 0.97 effect size	Unknown; there was no indication of how many of the males were Black
Quality of depression treatment in primary care (two articles)
Asarnow et al. (2009)	Quality improvement trial	13- to 21-year-olds; 13% of total are Black adolescents; 22% of total are Black males	Depressive symptom reduction	Yes; 10% fewer of the treatment group had severe depression symptoms than the control group; only through 6 months There were no long-term effects within the treatment	Unknown; treatment effect were not isolated
Ngo et al. (2009)	Youth partners in care	13- to 21-year-old adolescents 18% of the 325 adolescents were Black	Depression reduction	Yes; between 12% and 13% reduction in depression intervention for Black adolescents from usual care	Unknown; Black adolescents showed reduction, but Black males not specifically were not reported
Home environment treatment (one article)
Leventhal and Brooks-Gunn (2003)	Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration	11- to 15-year-old adolescents 49.9% of the families are African American 6.8% of male adolescents	Depressive reduction	Yes; reduction in depressive symptoms	Unknown; males within the experimental groups reporting significantly less likely to suffer from depressive symptoms. Black male count is unknown.

Note. TF-CBT = trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy; ABFT = attachment-based family therapy.