RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06617663

Online Therapy Youth, Equivalent to Treatment As Usual?

Sponsor

GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord

Enrollment

172 participants

Start Date

Jul 1, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Depression Anxiety Trauma Compulsive Disorder Unexplained Symptom, Medically

Summary

With growing waiting lists in specialized youth mental health care (sGGZ) and shortages of care staff, finding creative solutions to respond to this scarcity issue is important. Online treatment is an example of this, which, especially for young people growing up in a digital age, can be an appropriate and accessible alternative to treatment at a physical location. Online treatment via video calling among youth, while researched and proven effective in a blended form, has not yet been sufficiently researched as a complete replacement for treatment at a physical location. As a result, the potential added value of online treatment for the pressing scarcity issue in healthcare is not yet sufficiently clear. This study therefore focuses on investigating the effectiveness of fully online treatment using two proven effective interventions: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) within the youth sGGZ. With the results of this research at GGZ-NHN, the investigators want to contribute to the development of guidelines and standards for the implementation of online treatments within Dutch youth mental health care.

Eligibility

Min Age: 12 YearsMax Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria4

Adolescents aged 12-18 years who would benefit from ACT or EMDR within the SGGZ, as determined by the screeners at registration or current primary practitioner.
Client is stable, i.e. there is no serious crisis (to be determined by screener cq primary practitioner)
Sufficient command of the Dutch language to complete the questionnaires.
Client does not participate in other (intervention) studies

Exclusion Criteria2

Clients who are crisis-prone or enter in crisis
Clients who are in forced care (wvggz)

Interventions

BEHAVIORALEMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapy designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories.

BEHAVIORALACT

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations and should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives. The ACT Your Way method is specifically designed for young people.