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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12619000967189
ACTRN12619000967189
Recruiting
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Improving mental health outcomes through parent and teacher engagement in school-based early intervention

Professor Eva Kimonis0 sites192 target enrollmentJuly 9, 2019

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Disruptive Behaviour Disorder
Sponsor
Professor Eva Kimonis
Enrollment
192
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 9, 2019
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Professor Eva Kimonis

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Inclusion criteria include:
  • (a) Child in preschool, Kindergarten, Year 1, and Year 2
  • (b) a score in the clinically significant range (T\-scores \> 64 or 70, depending on scale) on at least one of the following ASEBA disruptive behaviour problem scales according to parent and teacher report (combined by taking the maximum score across raters on each item): aggressive behaviour, rule breaking, DSM ODD or conduct problems, or externalising composite; and
  • (c) English fluency of the primary participating parent/caregiver as PCIT is heavily language\-based.
  • Children with clinically significant conduct problems will be grouped into conduct problems with normative CU traits and conduct problems with elevated CU traits on the basis of scores from the Inventory of Callous\-Unemotional Traits (ICU) and Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions (CAPE). Children rated as presenting with at least two of four CU criteria: (1\) lack of remorse or guilt, (2\) callous\-lack of empathy, (3\) unconcerned about performance, and (4\) shallow or deficient affect, on the basis of combined parent\- and teacher\-ratings will be grouped into the conduct problems with elevated CU traits. The American Psychiatric Association adopted this diagnostic approach in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders – Fifth Edition (DSM\-5\) for identifying clinically impairing levels of CU traits (i.e., more severe and stable conduct disorder). Children with a comorbid diagnosis of ADHD will be permitted to enrol in the study since it is highly comorbid with conduct problems, and this diagnosis was included in previously conducted behavioural interventions with children with co\-occurring conduct problems and CU traits.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion criteria include:
  • (a) children with a primary mental health diagnosis other than ODD/CD (e.g., moderate/severe autism spectrum, intellectual disability),
  • (b) children who are deaf, or
  • (c) children who are receiving concurrent psychological treatment for disruptive behaviour problems.
  • (d) only one eligible child per household will be permitted to enrol.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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