RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT04725721

Testing FIRST in Youth Outpatient Psychotherapy


Sponsor

Harvard University

Enrollment

212 participants

Start Date

Sep 27, 2021

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The study will compare the impact FIRST (a transdiagnostic treatment built upon five empirically supported principles of change) versus usual care outpatient psychotherapy on youths' mental health outcomes and a candidate mechanism of change: regulation of negative emotions.


Eligibility

Min Age: 7 YearsMax Age: 15 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study tests a treatment approach called FIRST (Flexible Integrative Research-based Supportive Therapy) in children receiving outpatient mental health care. It is designed to address a range of emotional and behavioral problems including anxiety, depression, conduct problems, and trauma symptoms. **You may be eligible if:** - You are a child or adolescent between 7 and 15 years old - You have clinically significant anxiety, depression, conduct problems, or post-traumatic stress symptoms - You take all your school classes in English (indicating English fluency) **You may NOT be eligible if:** - You have active suicidal thoughts, a recent suicide attempt, or were hospitalized for suicide risk in the last 3 months - You have an eating disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorder, or an intellectual disability requiring special school placement - You are being referred exclusively for ADHD inattentiveness or hyperactivity Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALFIRST

FIRST is built upon five empirically supported principles of change (ESPCs-i.e., feeling calm, increasing motivation, repairing thoughts, solving problems, trying the opposite). Each principle can be applied to treatment of problems spanning depression, anxiety (including OCD and PTS), and conduct problems-thus encompassing a majority of the youths seen in outpatient care. Its design addresses breadth of problem coverage, youth comorbidity, and flux in youth treatment needs during episodes of care. It is used in conjunction with performance feedback via a web-based tracking system that gives clinicians weekly data on youth treatment response. FIRST has treatment and training efficiency, and efficient clinician skill-building is supported by group consultation.

BEHAVIORALUsual Care

Treatment in the usual care (UC) condition will use the clinical procedures therapists consider appropriate and believe to be effective.


Locations(2)

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas, United States

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