Pilot Examination of a Telehealth, Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Adolescents

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Suicidal Ideation; Suicide Prevention
• Interventions: Behavioral: Give to Others Module

• Registration Number: NCT05936255
• Lead Sponsor: Florida State University

Brief Summary

This project is designed to refine a 6-week telehealth therapy intervention targeting negative interpersonal beliefs among community-dwelling youth with elevated levels of psychopathology. The study design is a single-arm open trial. The intervention is comprised of weekly teen and parent group cognitive-behavioral therapy, regular check-ins with the youths, and a module embedded throughout treatment that targets negative interpersonal beliefs (i.e., perceived social disconnection, burdensomeness). The goal of the study is to evaluate the feasibility of the treatment and assessment protocol, refine the intervention based on qualitative feedback, and evaluate changes in negative interpersonal beliefs. Youths complete two qualitative interviews about their interpersonal relationships and their feedback about the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-04-17
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-30
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-07
• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-26
• Study Completion: 2023-10-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-26
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5

Inclusion Criteria

• 14-17 years of age
• endorsement of perceived burdensomeness (score of greater than 3 on the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire)
• emotional/behavioral problems broadly defined (Pediatric Symptom Checklist score greater than 14)
• The family being under-resourced (i.e., family is below the US census poverty line; family is receiving economic or medical government aid; child is receiving reduced fee lunch; or primary caregiver is currently unemployed) or living in an under-resourced community (i.e., majority of households in the family's census block lives under the poverty line).

Exclusion Criteria

• Current need for acute psychiatric care (e.g., inpatient hospitalization)
• autism spectrum disorder
• psychosis
• other condition(s) related to pronounced cognitive impairment (i.e., marked impairment that precludes completion of questionnaires, verbal communication)
• Wards of the state

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Give to Others Module	Give to Others Module	A brief, talk therapy protocol that targets negative interpersonal beliefs (i.e., perceived social disconnection, burdensomeness) using cognitive-behavioral strategies.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Qualitative interview on acceptability	Posttreatment assessment (week 6)	Non-numerical identification of narrative textual themes from interviews.
Interpersonal needs questionnaire	Pretreatment (baseline) and week 6	A 6 question survey assessing thoughts of being a burden on others. Range of possible scores is 6 to 42. Higher scores indicate more severe thoughts of being a burden on others.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Florida State University; 🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States