Efficacy of acceptance-mindfulness therapy in children with anxiety: a controlled trial
- Conditions
- Anxiety DisorderMental Health - Anxiety
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12611001280998
- Lead Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Westmead, Department of Psychological Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
1) Aged between 7-17 years
2) Meet criteria for a primary diagnosis of a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) anxiety disorder (including panic disorder and/or agoraphobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder or generalised anxiety disorder)
3) Available/able to attend The Children’s Hospital at Westmead for pre-treatment, immediate post-treatment and three month post-treatment assessments as well as attending a minimum of 80% of therapy sessions
4) Have a parent/caregiver who is willing to attend and participate in the assessment as well as a minimum of 80% of therapy sessions
1) Developmental or language delay, as reported by parent/caregiver
2) Non-English speakers
3) Complex mental health problems such as psychosis, conduct disorder or active suicidality
4) Complex medical conditions with a high degree of medical dependence that would prevent them from being able to attend at least 80% of sessions
5) Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity that is not well controlled
6) Medicated with an anxiolytic/antidepressant for less than 2 months
7) Post-traumatic stress disorder (due to the potential distress caused to other participants in the group and the specialised treatment required for this disorder)
8) Completed < 80% of sessions or dropped out of treatment – Those who become lost to follow-up will be placed in the ’intention to treat’ category
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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