Mentalization-Based Group Therapy for Adolescents

NCT02771691 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ELHF10-595
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 53
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a prospective parallel group design of group-based Mentalization-Based Therapy for Adolescents (MBT-A) through a pilot randomised controlled trial comparing group-based MBT-A plus treatment as usual (TAU) to TAU alone. As a pilot study, we aim to determine: the effectiveness of our recruitment strategies; compliance with protocol/procedures; trends towards reduced self-harm.

Conditions

Deliberate Self-Harm

Keywords

Adolescent

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Self-harm as measured by the self-harm sub scale of the Risk-taking and Self-harm Inventory for Adolescents (Vrouva et al, 2010)

  12 weeks

• Self-harm and related hospital use as reported in National Health Service patient records

  12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

MBT therapy plus treatment as usual

EXPERIMENTAL

Mentalization based group treatment for adolescents plus standard care

Other: Mentalization-Based Group Therapy for Adolescents

Treatment as usual alone

NO INTERVENTION

Standard care provided by local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Interventions

Mentalization-Based Group Therapy for Adolescents OTHER

MBT therapy plus treatment as usual

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Self-harm behaviour in the past 6 months
• In receipt of treatment from local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
• Competent and willing to provide written, informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Severe learning disability or pervasive developmental disorder
• Acute psychotic episode
• Eating disorder in the absence of self-harm.
• Non-English speaking
• Current involvement in other ongoing treatment research

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Edinburgh: lead
• NHS Lothian: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

CAMHS

Edinburgh, Lothian, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Witt KG, Hetrick SE, Rajaram G, Hazell P, Taylor Salisbury TL, Townsend E, Hawton K. Interventions for self-harm in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Mar 7;3(3):CD013667. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013667.pub2.

  PMID: 33677832 DERIVED

• Storebo OJ, Stoffers-Winterling JM, Vollm BA, Kongerslev MT, Mattivi JT, Jorgensen MS, Faltinsen E, Todorovac A, Sales CP, Callesen HE, Lieb K, Simonsen E. Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 May 4;5(5):CD012955. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012955.pub2.

  PMID: 32368793 DERIVED

• Griffiths H, Duffy F, Duffy L, Brown S, Hockaday H, Eliasson E, Graham J, Smith J, Thomson A, Schwannauer M. Efficacy of Mentalization-based group therapy for adolescents: the results of a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2019 Jun 6;19(1):167. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2158-8.

  PMID: 31170947 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Self-Injurious Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2016
• First Posted: May 13, 2016
• Study Start: February 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2017
• Study Completion: November 1, 2017
• Last Updated: June 4, 2019

Record last verified: 2017-11

Locations

GB (1)