Supportive Expressive Therapy for Depressed and Anxious Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT00381979

Last Updated: 2015-10-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2004-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2007-10-31

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.

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.

Conditions

Depression; Anxiety

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

1

set

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Supportive Expressive Therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Interventions

Supportive Expressive Therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

therapy

Eligibility Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

• Clients who are actively psychotic, developmentally delayed, or have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
• Clients who are not fluent in English.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 24 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Pamela Wilansky-Traynor

psychologist

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

Other Identifiers

169/2003

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id