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Reaching Out to Adolescents With Depression

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Depression
Registration Number
NCT01140464
Lead Sponsor
Seattle Children's Hospital
Brief Summary

Major Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders in adolescence and is associated with significant impairments in development and functioning. This project will rigorously test the Adolescent Collaborative Care Treatment intervention, a health services intervention designed to improve management for depressive disorders among adolescents, via a randomized controlled trial comparing the intervention to usual care. Key components of the trial include enhanced education for youth and parents, youth involvement in choice of evidence-based treatments, care management by an allied health professional with regular supervision by a mental health specialist and pediatrician, and stepped care to advance treatment when youth are not improving. Additional features have been added to engage adolescents and parents including a moderated message board for youth to share with and learn from one another, formalized involvement of the parent, and availability of the care manager during after school hours. Our findings will provide key information on the effectiveness of a developmentally-sensitive adapted collaborative care intervention for the treatment of adolescent depression.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
101
Inclusion Criteria
  • depression
  • age 13-17 years
  • enrollment in study Primary Care Clinics
Exclusion Criteria
  • suicidality
  • already enrolled Specialty mental health care
  • mental health hospitalization in the prior year
  • substance abuse
  • bipolar disorder
  • non-English speaker

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Child Depression Rating Scale12 months

Depressive symptoms

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Columbia Impairment Scale12 months

Functional impairment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Group Health Cooperative

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Group Health Cooperative
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈSeattle, Washington, United States

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