Effects of drama therapy on anxiety and mood disorders of adolescents compared to care as usual.

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Conditions: emotionele stoornissen
social dysfunction
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10001474

Registration Number: NL-OMON33935

Lead Sponsor: Hogeschool Utrecht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Withdrawn

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 220

Inclusion Criteria

- Anxiety disorders: Generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, school phobia and anxiety disorders NOS.
- Mood disorders: Depression, dysthymic disorder and depressive disorder NOS.
- Co-morbidity: ADHD, personality disorders and or conduct disorders combined with mentioned anxiety and mood disorders. The adolescents are referred because of their anxiety and mood disorders.
- 12 - 18 years of age.
- Outpatient treatment.
* One contact during a week is sufficient.
- IQ of at least 80.

Exclusion Criteria

- Substance abuse/ substance dependence.
- Psychotic disorders and pervasive developmental disorders
- Suicidal.
- start with medication.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Realize a decline of the anxiety and mood complaints measured by the total<br /><br>scores of disorder specific instruments (Beck Depression Inventory II, BDI II,<br /><br>and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Revised, SCARED-R).<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>The primary parameters will be measured before, during and at the end of the<br /><br>intervention . </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Psychiatric disorders in adolescents are charaterized by high rates of<br /><br>co-morbidity. The study will therefore include a wide range of complaints as<br /><br>secondary study parameters. The secondary parameters will be obtained from the<br /><br>respondents as well as from the parents. The respondents will fill in the Youth<br /><br>Self Report (YSR) and the parents the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The aim<br /><br>of the secondary parameters is to check if there is also a decline of these<br /><br>complaints due to the intervention.<br /><br><br /><br>Realize improvement of dimensions emotional stability, and experience of peer<br /><br>relations of the self concept and self-esteem (Self-Description Questionnaire<br /><br>II, SDQ II (Marsh, 1992)). </p><br>