Prevention efforts should target both specific and non-specific risk factors, enhance protective factors, use a developmental approach, and target selective and/or indicated samples. In general, a review of the literature indicates that prevention programs utilizing cognitive-behavioral and/or interpersonal approaches, and family-based prevention strategies, are most helpful. Overall, it appears that there is a reason for hope regarding the role of interventions in preventing depressive disorders in youth. Several new directions for future research on the prevention of depression in youth were outlined. In recent years, researchers and policymakers have recognized the importance of focusing on prevention efforts for depression. Prevention requires a paradigm shift from traditional disease models, in which symptoms are treated when they emerge, to a proactive focus on mental health, and on maximizing protective factors while reducing risk factors for mental illness. Adolescent depression is associated with negative long-term functional and psychiatric outcomes, including impairment in school, work, interpersonal relationships, and substance abuse. Of particular note is the association between adolescent depression and suicidal behavior. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents. A comprehensive approach to the prevention of depression involves addressing both specific and nonspecific risk factors. Nonspecific risk factors are associated with increased risk for a range of disorders including depression. Nonspecific risk factors that are documented to increase rates of youth depression include poverty, exposure to violence, social isolation, child maltreatment, and family breakup. This information can be published in our peer-reviewed journal with impact factors and are calculated using citations not only from research articles but also review articles (which tend to receive more citations), editorials, letters, meeting abstracts, short communications, and case reports. The inclusion of these publications provides the opportunity for editors and publishers to manipulate the ratio used to calculate the impact factor and try to increase their number rapidly. Impact factor plays a major role for the particular journal. Journal with a higher impact factor is considered to be more important than other ones.