SOSTA net: Group-based social skills training in children and adolescents with high functioning autism spectrum disorder

Completed

• Conditions: Autism spectrum disorder (high functioning); Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Autism

• Registration Number: ISRCTN94863788
• Lead Sponsor: German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG]) (Germany)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-08-12
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 220

Inclusion Criteria

1. High-functioning autism (F84.0)
2. Asperger syndrome (F84.5)
3. Atypical autism (F84.1)
4. Aged 8 - 20 years, either sex
5. Informed consent
6. No or stable psychopharmacotherapy

Exclusion Criteria

1. Intelligence quotient (IQ) less than 70
2. Schizophrenia
3. Social phobia
4. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
5. Major depressive episode with suicidal ideation
6. Aggressive behaviour interfering with group therapy
7. Any personality disorder
8. Neurological disorder (exception: well treated epilepsy)
9. Other medical disorder interfering with therapy
10. Group-based SST during last 6 months prior to study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified