Treatment of School Refusal

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: remove 'and/or unipolar depressive'; School refusal with an anxiety disorder; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12606000103561
• Lead Sponsor: Southern Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2006-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Less than 50% school attendance for the past four school weeks, with the young person being at home with parental knowledge and DSM-IV anxiety disorder.

Exclusion Criteria

Current physical illness that precludes school attendance, current treatment with anti-depressant or other psychotropic medication, pregnancy, intellectual disability that prevents CBT, insufficient English language skill that precludes CBT, current inpatient admission (e.g., for suicide risk), primary behaviour disorders (e.g., conduct disorder), bipolar disorder, psychosis, primary diagnosis of substance abuse disorder.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified