RecruitingNCT03332966

Youth Experiences and Health Study

Youth Experiences and Health (YEAH) Study - Psychological Symptoms and Resources As Predictors of Mental Health Among Treatment-seeking Adolescents

Sponsor

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Enrollment

1,000 participants

Start Date

Dec 1, 2019

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Psychotic Disorders Cannabis Use Trauma, Psychological Psychiatric Hospitalization Prodromal Symptoms

Summary

This study aims to identify unusual experiences and psychiatric symptoms that indicate a heightened risk for severe mental disorders - especially psychoses. It is important to develop reliable questionnaire methods that are cost-effective in first-stage screening, leading to in-depth assessments and targeted care. However, existing psychosis-risk questionnaires are limited in content, intended for adults, and have been insufficiently tested for actual predictive value. Therefore we will collect a new, large dataset from an unselected group of adolescents entering psychiatric care in three major urban areas of Finland. Comprehensive national health care registers will be used to assess how well the selected experiences and symptoms predict the participants' mental health over the following few years.

Eligibility

Min Age: 15 YearsMax Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is following young people who are beginning care at an adolescent mental health clinic to understand how their life experiences, mental health, and wellbeing change over time, with the aim of improving mental health services for young people. **You may be eligible if...** - You are a young person who is starting care at an adolescent mental health clinic - You are willing to participate in the study **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You have already been diagnosed with a psychotic disorder (such as schizophrenia) Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTPsychiatric questionnaires

Participants will fill in the following questionnaires as part of routine intake assessments: Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7); Mini-Social Phobia Inventory; Beck Depression Inventory 21A; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; Insomnia Severity Index; Youth Experiences and Health Questionnaire; Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (abbr.); Adolescent Peer Relations Instrument (APRI-B + cyberbullying, abbr.); Adolescent Trauma and Dissociation Scale (abbr.); Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test - Lite (extended); Nicotine Questionnaire incl. Heavy Smoking Index; Internet Addiction Test (abbr.); European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs 2015 Social Media Use and Computer Gaming; McMaster Family Assessment Device - General Functioning positive items; Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support; Brief Resilience Scale; The Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTSemi-structured psychiatric interview

Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, version K-SADS-PL 2013.