Application and Evaluation of Group Cognitive Intervention for Depressed Adolescents

NCT00946413 | Completed Early Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: DOH95-TD-M-113-058
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 31
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective and CBT with parental involvement has potential in preventing and treating adolescent depression. The purpose of this study was to compare the short- and long-term effectiveness of CBT alone and CBT plus parental education for community-based adolescents at risk for depression and suicide in Taiwan. It is hypothesized that the CBT alone and CBT with parental education group are more effective than the control group.

Conditions

Community Adolescents at Risk for Depression and Suicide

Keywords

CBT, Depressed and suicidal adolescents

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, cognitive triad, learned resourcefulness (LR), and salivary cortisol

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Study Arms (2)

CBT plus parent education

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: CBT plus parent education

CBT alone

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: CBT alone

Interventions

CBT plus parent education BEHAVIORAL

The 10-session group CBT with two-session parental education in our study was derived from the CWDA, with some modifications made based on cultural considerations. Skills taught and discussed included mood monitoring, improving social skills, increasing pleasant activities, decreasing anxiety, reducing depressogenic cognitions, improving communication, and conflict resolution. The issues taught and discussed included an introduction to adolescent depression and suicide, their etiology, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis, as well as stress management. A 1-year individual follow-up program was used to maintain the effect of the experimental intervention and to provide necessary individual interventions for students such as CBT, support, and counseling.

CBT plus parent education

CBT alone BEHAVIORAL

The 10-session group CBT with two-session parental education in our study was derived from the CWDA, with some modifications made based on cultural considerations. Skills taught and discussed included mood monitoring, improving social skills, increasing pleasant activities, decreasing anxiety, reducing depressogenic cognitions, improving communication, and conflict resolution.A 1-year individual follow-up program was used to maintain the effect of the experimental intervention and to provide necessary individual interventions for students such as CBT, support, and counseling.

CBT alone

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• willing to participate group assignment and grant consents

You may not qualify if:

• unwilling to participate potential group activity and grant consents
• severe physical or psychiatric disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taipei Medical University Hospital: lead
• Department of Health: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

School of Nursing, Taipei Medical University

Taipei, 110, Taiwan

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Suicide; Color Vision Defects; Consciousness Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Vision Disorders; Sensation Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Cone Dystrophy; Eye Diseases, Hereditary; Eye Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Hsiu-Ju Chang, phD

  School of Nursing, Taipei Meidcal University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: early phase 1
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2009
• First Posted: July 27, 2009
• Study Start: January 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2007
• Study Completion: December 1, 2007
• Last Updated: July 27, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-07

Locations

TW (1)