Emotion Regulation Training Via Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT04615416

Last Updated: 2024-11-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 134 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-05-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-08-06

Brief Summary

This study is an open trial designed specifically to address the need for evidence-based treatment delivered via telehealth to individuals that are currently struggling with mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the overarching goal of helping residents of New York adversely impacted by the pandemic to effectively manage their anxiety, stress, and depression during this unprecedented time in human history.

Detailed Description

The present study is evaluating whether this ERT treatment program delivered via telehealth demonstrates efficacy in: 1) reducing symptoms of psychological distress (e.g., anxiety, depression, worry, rumination); 2) improving outcomes specific to the ERT mechanism-based model (e.g., attentional control, decentering, reappraisal); 3) improving quality of life and functioning, for adults aged 18-65 years old.

Conditions

Distress, Emotional; Emotional Dysfunction; Anxiety; Depression

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Emotion Regulation Training via Telehealth

All participants will receive 9 sessions of Emotion Regulation Training delivered via telehealth. These individualized therapy sessions are 1-hour in length and occur semi-weekly over the course of four weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Emotion Regulation Training via Telehealth

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The initial stage of treatment focuses on psychoeducation about anxiety/depression, the impact that these cognitions/behaviors/emotions have on recent situations, and self-monitoring of worry/anxiety/depression. The sessions focus on the development of skills that help understand and regulate one's emotional experience (i.e., recognizing emotions when they are happening, identifying the meaning of a given emotion experience, soothing oneself in the context of negative emotional experiences). Following the development of these skills, sessions focus on the application of somatic awareness and emotion regulation skills while imagining emotionally evocative themes. The remaining session focuses on terminating therapy, relapse prevention, and future goals. An Internet-based online platform will be used to promote engagement with and increase accessibility to between-session skills practice and treatment-related activities (e.g., self-monitoring, session summaries, worksheets).

Interventions

Emotion Regulation Training via Telehealth

The initial stage of treatment focuses on psychoeducation about anxiety/depression, the impact that these cognitions/behaviors/emotions have on recent situations, and self-monitoring of worry/anxiety/depression. The sessions focus on the development of skills that help understand and regulate one's emotional experience (i.e., recognizing emotions when they are happening, identifying the meaning of a given emotion experience, soothing oneself in the context of negative emotional experiences). Following the development of these skills, sessions focus on the application of somatic awareness and emotion regulation skills while imagining emotionally evocative themes. The remaining session focuses on terminating therapy, relapse prevention, and future goals. An Internet-based online platform will be used to promote engagement with and increase accessibility to between-session skills practice and treatment-related activities (e.g., self-monitoring, session summaries, worksheets).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged 18-65 years during the time of participation
• Endorses distress and worry/rumination exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic
• Access to a mobile device (e.g., smartphone, personal computer, laptop, tablet) connected to the Internet

Exclusion Criteria

• Active suicidal intent
• Current substance dependence disorder (within the past year)
• Current or past psychotic disorder, Bipolar-I disorder, or dementia
• Primary DSM-5 diagnosis of borderline or narcissistic personality disorder
• Currently receiving any other form of psychosocial treatment

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Teachers College, Columbia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Douglas Mennin

Professor of Clinical Psychology

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Douglas S Mennin, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Teachers College, Columbia University

Locations

Teachers College, Columbia University

New York, New York, United States

Countries

United States

References

Mennin DS, Fresco DM, O'Toole MS, Heimberg RG. A randomized controlled trial of emotion regulation therapy for generalized anxiety disorder with and without co-occurring depression. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2018 Mar;86(3):268-281. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000289.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 29504794 (View on PubMed)

Renna ME, Quintero JM, Soffer A, Pino M, Ader L, Fresco DM, Mennin DS. A Pilot Study of Emotion Regulation Therapy for Generalized Anxiety and Depression: Findings From a Diverse Sample of Young Adults. Behav Ther. 2018 May;49(3):403-418. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2017.09.001. Epub 2017 Sep 8.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 29704969 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

20-269

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id