Feasibility Trial of a One-day CBT Workshop ("DISCOVER") for 15-18 Year Olds With Anxiety and/or Depression in Clinics

NCT ID: NCT02752945

Last Updated: 2020-01-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-30

Study Completion Date

2016-12-31

Brief Summary

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This is a feasibility trial designed to test the feasibility and acceptability of a one-day Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) workshop intervention ("DISCOVER") for young people aged between 15-18 years, who are on local child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) waiting lists, awaiting treatment for difficulties with anxiety and/or depression. Participants will be randomised to receive either the DISCOVER workshop (in addition usual care) or to continue usual care.

Detailed Description

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Sclare and colleagues (2015) have developed an open-access intervention ("DISCOVER") for 16-18 year olds experiencing emotional problems, in the form of one-day CBT-based workshops, delivered in schools. DISCOVER has been tested in schools and preliminary outcomes have shown to be positive. Given the lengthy waiting lists of some CAMHS services, the present study seeks to explore whether the DISCOVER programme can be implemented in clinic settings, with a broader age range of 15-18 year olds, with the aim of providing young people with some form of help, whilst they are awaiting more individualised treatment. Fifteen to eighteen year olds awaiting treatment for anxiety and/or depression will be recruited from local CAMHS waiting lists, and randomised to receive either the DISCOVER workshop, delivered in clinic (in addition to usual care), or to continue usual care. The study will assess the feasibility, acceptability and range of outcomes of DISCOVER in clinic settings.

Conditions

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Anxiety Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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One-day CBT workshop (+Usual Care)

One-day CBT-based workshop ("DISCOVER"), followed by up to three brief telephone contacts to review goals set in workshop.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

One-day CBT workshop

Intervention Type OTHER

One-day long CBT workshop, with between 4-15 participants, facilitated by clinical psychologists. Following introductions, ice breakers and an explanation of the CBT model, CBT techniques are then introduced and practised using a variety of methods. One week after the workshop, any personal goals set during the workshop are reviewed with one of the workshop facilitators in a 'telephone goal review.'

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care afforded by local CAMHS services

Usual care

Usual care afforded by local CAMHS services

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care afforded by local CAMHS services

Interventions

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One-day CBT workshop

One-day long CBT workshop, with between 4-15 participants, facilitated by clinical psychologists. Following introductions, ice breakers and an explanation of the CBT model, CBT techniques are then introduced and practised using a variety of methods. One week after the workshop, any personal goals set during the workshop are reviewed with one of the workshop facilitators in a 'telephone goal review.'

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care

Usual care afforded by local CAMHS services

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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DISCOVER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. aged 15-18 years;
2. fluent in English;
3. currently on a local CAMHS waiting list for treatment based on a referral for emotional difficulties (anxiety and/or depression);
4. willing and able to attend a one-day workshop within clinic; and
5. their position on the waiting list must indicate that they are unlikely to receive a CAMHS treatment appointment in the 8 weeks following the workshop.

Exclusion Criteria

1. presenting with acute risk of harm to self or others;
2. have severe learning difficulties; and
3. are unable to provide informed written consent to participate and are unable to complete assessments.
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

King's College London

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Christina E Loucas, BSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London

Locations

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Loucas CE, Sclare I, Stahl D, Michelson D. Feasibility randomized controlled trial of a one-day CBT workshop ('DISCOVER') for 15- to 18-year-olds with anxiety and/or depression in clinic settings. Behav Cogn Psychother. 2020 Mar;48(2):142-159. doi: 10.1017/S1352465819000286. Epub 2019 May 20.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 31106728 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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16/LO/0231

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

R&D2016/021

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

192806

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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