Group-based treatment of Adolescent Female Conduct Disorder: The Central Role of Emotion Regulatio

Completed

Conditions: behavioural problems
Conduct Disorder
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Registration Number: NL-OMON44669

Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

- Female sex
- age 13 - 20 years
- Diagnosis of Conduct Disorder within the 12 months prior to institutionalisation OR current diagnosis Oppositional Defiant Disorder and lifetime CD
- sufficient writing and reading skills (Dutch)

Exclusion Criteria

- History of or current clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
- History of or current clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia
- Current clinical diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder or Mania
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Known monogenetic disorder or genetic syndrome
- Any chronic or acute neurological disorder
- IQ < 70
- severe medical condition interfering with therapy
- concurrent group based psychotherapy

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main purpose of the current study is to investigate the efficacy of a<br /><br>12-week group based DBT-CD-A training for female adolescents with CD compared<br /><br>to treatment as usual (TAU) within youth welfare institutions.<br /><br>Primary endpoints: Response to intervention: pre-post treatment change in<br /><br>number of fulfilled CD/ODD diagnostic criteria </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Further objectives of the current trial are to assess pre-post change in<br /><br>CD-related outcome measures after the 12-week group based DBT-CD-A training<br /><br>compared to TAU. We destinguish between subjective, behavioural and<br /><br>neurobiological endpoints. I refer to the study protocol for a description of<br /><br>these endpoints. </p><br>