The feelings club: Evaluating a school-based intervention for children at risk for depression and anxiety disorders

Completed

• Conditions: Depression and anxiety in children; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Depression

• Registration Number: ISRCTN88858028
• Lead Sponsor: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto) (Canada)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 140

Inclusion Criteria

Screening 'gold standard' self-report inventories include: Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC; March, 1998) and Children?s Depression Inventory (CDI; Kovacs, 1983). Children 5 - 11 years old, either sex, with t-score elevations >60 on either the total score or at least 4 subscales of either instrument will be considered eligible for study.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Already meet criteria for disorder on the ADIS
2. Are unable to complete the inventories due to intellectual impairment or weak English skills (limiting the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy)
3. Are already engaged in ongoing psychiatric or psychological treatment that could confound study intervention effects
4. Elevated 'externalising' scores on the CBCL (t-score greater than 60), as these children may be difficult to manage in CBT groups, and may obtain more benefit from other interventions

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified