The ‘Link onto Life’ Program: A Pilot Intervention using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to Enhance Coping and Wellbeing in Young People (18-24 years).

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Maladaptive coping behaviours; Emotion dysregulation; Risk taking behaviours; Deliberate self-harm; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000943549
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Suzanne Dziurawiec

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

* Young people aged between 18-24 years
* Informed consent obtained prior to the study commencing
* Participants must be identified as having engaged in at-risk coping behaviours, in the past as a way of coping with difficulties
* Participants must be willing to engage in program

Exclusion Criteria

* Involvement in outside agency support
* Experiencing clinically significant symptoms
* Currently experiencing suicidal ideation
* Involvement in similar support programs
* Have an intellectual Disability
* Currently under the tutelage of one of the researchers
* Living remotely

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified