Group Psychotherapy for Adolescents With Substance Use
Effectiveness of Family-based Group Psychotherapy for Adolescents With Illicit Drug Use
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
Background: Substance abuse among children and adolescents is an important public health issue in Taiwan. Kaoshiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Taiwan Kaoshiung Juvenile and Family Court will cooperate in a counseling program for adolescents with illicit drug abusers in 2013, to perform a mandatory 10-week family-based group psychotherapy. Aims: This study aims (1) to investigate the effectiveness of the family-based group psychotherapy for adolescents with illicit drug abusers and their parents; (2) to identify whether the counseling program is effective for preventing the adolescents from relapse of substance abuse. Expected Results: The investigators expect that (1) group psychotherapy may involve comprehensive benefits for adolescents with illicit drug abusers, by improving the changes in adolescents' substance-craving symptoms and behavioral problems, and reducing stress of their parents; (2) this counseling program is effective for preventing the adolescents from relapse of substance abuse; (3) the findings in this study will not only demonstrate empirical evidence of treatment effectiveness for adolescents with illicit drug abuse, but will also provide useful clues for future implementation of policy making.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jul 2013
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 12, 2016
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 14, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2017
CompletedOctober 31, 2016
June 1, 2013
4 years
October 12, 2016
October 28, 2016
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Substance-use relapse
Relapse is defined as positive urine test for any substance within the follow-up period.
Longitudinal follow-up for 3 years
Academic or social status
The academic or social outcome is categorized into as attending school, being employed, or being a dropout/unemployed.
Longitudinal follow-up for 3 years
Study Arms (2)
Intervention group
EXPERIMENTALThe youths in the intervention group will participate in a weekly 10-session out-patient motivational enhancement psychotherapy (MEP) program. In addition to this, these youths' caregivers will be referred to simultaneously take part in a weekly 10-session out-patient parenting skill training (PST) program at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
Comparison group
ACTIVE COMPARATORThe comparison group consists of substance-using adolescents that receive only standard supervision by the protection officers in Taiwan's Kaohsiung Juvenile and Family Court. The protection officers provide the adolescents with moral education, as well as counseling in their work or studies.
Interventions
Motivational enhancement psychotherapy (MEP) for Youths: The participating youths have to attend one session a week for 10 weeks of a group program for relapse prevention based on motivational enhancement ideas and led by two experienced psychologists from the hospital. Parenting skill training (PST) for Caregivers: The PST program for the youths' caregivers also consist of 10 weekly, 120-minute sessions that were led by a senior consulting psychologist.
The standard supervision by the protection officers in Taiwan's Kaohsiung Juvenile and Family Court provide the adolescents with moral education, as well as counseling in their work or studies.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- The adolescents with illicit drug age between 12 to 20.
- One of their parents can attend the counseling program.
You may not qualify if:
- The adolescents or their parents can't attend the program.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Liang-Jen Wang
Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Liang-Jen Wang, MD, MPH
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 12, 2016
First Posted
October 14, 2016
Study Start
July 1, 2013
Primary Completion
July 1, 2017
Study Completion
July 1, 2017
Last Updated
October 31, 2016
Record last verified: 2013-06
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share