Internet-delivered Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy or Adolescents (IERITA) With Self-injury Within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Pilot Study
Karolinska Institutet
100 participants
Jan 15, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The overall purpose of the study is to implement and evaluate IERITA (Internet-delivered Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents) within child and adolescent mental health services for adolescents engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and to optimize treatment outcomes for those adolescents at risk of insufficient effects. The specific purpose of this pilot trial is to investigate feasibility in preparation for a larger trial.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- years old
- At least one self-injury episode in the past three months
- A parent willing to engage in the parent program
Exclusion Criteria4
- Immediate suicide risk
- Global functioning corresponding to a rating ≤40 of the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS)
- Social problems needing immediate intervention (e.g., violence within the family)
- Ongoing dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents
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Interventions
IERITA is a 12-week acceptance-based behavioral therapy. The goal is to reduce self-injury through learning and using other ways to regulate emotions. IERITA includes modules where the participants can read text, watch videos, listen to audio, and message their allocated therapists. The adolescent treatment is 11 modules, and the parent course is six. Both adolescents and parents receive separate asynchronous online therapist support. The adapted IERITA intervention is tailored to the participant and can thus entail different adaptions for different participants. Adaptions can entail changes in therapist contact, what material to focus on, and how to work with the treatment. The adapted IERITA intervention is offered between week four and 12.
IERITA is a 12-week acceptance-based behavioral therapy. The goal is to reduce self-injury through learning and using other ways to regulate emotions. IERITA includes modules where the participants can read text, watch videos, listen to audio, and message their allocated therapists. The adolescent treatment is 11 modules, and the parent course is six. Both adolescents and parents receive separate asynchronous online therapist support.
Participants are free to any receive regular care (i.e., psychosocial treatment, medications, or a combination of both) as needed during the trial.
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NCT06817278