Coping Kids: Early Intervention for Anxiety and Depression

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

873 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-03-03

Study Completion Date

2017-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge regarding the effect of early intervention and prevention on the development of anxiety and depression in children. The focus of the intervention is to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and help children develop skills to enhance self-esteem in order to improve life quality. Gender and ethnicity will be studied as moderating factors. Primary care givers will be trained in the use of evidence based methods for children with internalizing difficulties. Children in need will be identified and receive improved services, based on international standards. Active collaboration will be established nationally between three Centers for child and adolescent mental health (RKBU/RBUP) and internationally with Philip C. Kendall at the Temple University in Philadelphia and Kevin Stark at University of Texas at Austin.

Primary aims are to examine if an indicated group and school based program, Coping Kids, is more effective than treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing high levels of symptoms of both anxiety and depression among 8-12 year old schoolchildren, and if the the effects are stable over 12 months.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anxiety Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Coping Kids

A Program for Managing Anxiety and Depression (P.C Kendall et al., 2013) is a newly developed group intervention targeting children aged 8 to 13 years who experience difficulty with symptoms of anxiety, depression, or both. The program is designed as an indicated prevention intervention to reduce the symptom levels and reduce the likelihood of the development of an anxiety disorder and/or depression.

The youth-focused sessions are designed for implementation in school settings, and the program includes parent group meetings.

All groupleaders participate in a three days training, followed by supervision. Manuals and workbooks are provided by the project. In addition is the same presentation as in TAU offered to the schools.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Coping Kids

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The first half (10 sessions) of Coping Kids focuses on building skills that are common to both anxiety and depression. The children practice strategies to regulate their mood, learn problem-solving, and behavioral activation is used to break the cycle of withdrawal. The second half of Coping Kids (10 sessions) is focused on the youth's specific problem; for depressive symptoms, building a positive self-schema and behavioral activation; for anxiety problems, gradual exposure to fear-inducing situations. Cognitive restructuring directed at different maladaptive thoughts is also emphasized.

TAU

The teachers and school-nurses in the control schools will conduct treatment as usual (TAU).The project offers a 2,5 hours presentation to the schools, providing general information about the research study, the prevalence of emotional disorders and how to handle emotional disorders in treatment as usual. No materials are provided by the project.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

TAU

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual

Interventions

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Coping Kids

The first half (10 sessions) of Coping Kids focuses on building skills that are common to both anxiety and depression. The children practice strategies to regulate their mood, learn problem-solving, and behavioral activation is used to break the cycle of withdrawal. The second half of Coping Kids (10 sessions) is focused on the youth's specific problem; for depressive symptoms, building a positive self-schema and behavioral activation; for anxiety problems, gradual exposure to fear-inducing situations. Cognitive restructuring directed at different maladaptive thoughts is also emphasized.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

TAU

Treatment as usual

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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TIM

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children at the intervention schools indicating a symptom level of, at minimum, one standard deviation above mean on anxiety and/or depression on self-report measures will be offered participation in an intervention group

Exclusion Criteria

* Children who for different reasons may not benefit from a group-process intervention (e.g. mental retardation) will be considered individually and the reasons for exclusion will be documented in the Consort flow-chart.

Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

13 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No