Strong Connections-Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Depression
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
- Enrollment
- 34
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Mean Beck Depression Inventory score
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare two talking forms of therapy designed to help reduce depressive symptoms in teenagers: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents and Treatment as Usual.
Detailed Description
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A) is a manualized short-term therapeutic intervention that has been shown to be efficacious in a number of randomized control trials for adolescent depression. The primary aim of the present study is to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A) into routine psychotherapeutic treatment at Strong Behavioral Health: Child and Adolescent Outpatient. The second aim of the present investigation is to examine changes in adolescent symptomatology, interpersonal functioning, perceived stress, and social support throughout the course of treatment. The third aim of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of IPT-A versus treatment as usual (TAU) at reducing depressive symptoms among adolescents.
Investigators
Elizabeth Handley
Research Associate
University of Rochester
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •age 12-18
- •scoring in the clinically elevated range for depression using the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth
Exclusion Criteria
- •currently psychotic
- •do not speak English
- •currently participating in another form of mental health treatment
- •considered to need inpatient hospitalization
- •IQ less than 70
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Mean Beck Depression Inventory score
Time Frame: Baseline to 5 months
Adolescents' depressive symptomatology will be measured using adolescent-report of the Beck Depression Inventory-Youth. It is a 20-item scale ranging from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating worse health outcomes.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in the mean score in suicide ideation.(Baseline to 8 months)
- Change in mean perceived stress(Baseline to 8 months)
- Change in mean social adjustment(Baseline to 8 months)
- Mean change in social support(Baseline to 8 months)