Improving mental health outcomes through parent and teacher engagement in school-based early interventio

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Disruptive Behaviour Disorder; Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Conduct Disorder; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders; Callous-Unemotional Traits

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000967189
• Lead Sponsor: Professor Eva Kimonis

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-07-09
• Last Update Posted: 29 July 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 192

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified