Supportive Expressive Therapy for Depressed and Anxious Adolescents

Sponsor

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT00381979

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arm

Duration (Months)

0.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of providing Supportive Expressive Therapy to adolescents who are depressed and/or anxious.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Depression Anxiety	Other: Supportive Expressive Therapy	N/A

Detailed Description

Supportive Expressive Therapy (SET; a 16 session manualized form of psychodynamic therapy) has been well utilized with adult clients. To date, there is no known systematic study into the benefit of this method of therapy with adolescents who are depressed and/or anxious. It is thought that SET would be useful for this population as it is similar in principle to Interpersonal Relationship Therapy (IPT), which has been shown to be effective for use with depressed adults and youth. Both IPT and SET help clients explore the role they play within challenging relationships in their lives. SET, however, allows for the exploration of more relationships within the adolescents' circle. Moreover, SET explores the adolescents' perceptions of themselves, others, and their wish in relationships. Further, the SET method is more easily individualized in that it affords greater flexibility in design and possibility for change over time. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility of utilizing this method of therapy with adolescents who are depressed and anxious. We will be exploring the effectiveness of SET through the resolution of depressed and/or anxious adolescents' conflictual relationships thereby reducing their symptomatology.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

20 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Supportive Expressive Therapy for Depressed and Anxious Adolescents

Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2004

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2007

Actual Study Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2007

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: 1 set	Other: Supportive Expressive Therapy Other Names: therapy

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: 1

set

Other: Supportive Expressive Therapy

Other Names:

therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

BDI [pre and post]
MASC [pre and post]
Measures collected at pre, post, and follow-up [pre and post]

Secondary Outcome Measures

YSR [pre and post]
CBCL [pre and post]
FAM [pre and post]
CRI [pre and post]
SSRS [pre and post]
Measures collected at pre, post, and follow-up [pre and post]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

15 Years to 24 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

15-24 year old, male & female adolescents, primary diagnosis of depression or anxiety disorder.
Clients with co-morbid diagnoses, suicidal ideation or taking medication would not necessarily be excluded if deemed able to partake in the proposed therapy.
Medication dose needs to be stable for 4-6 weeks prior to starting therapy.