Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Youths With Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Hong Kong
NCT ID: NCT05078424
Last Updated: 2021-10-14
Study Results
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
128 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-09-29
2024-04-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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CBT Treatment group
This group receives CBT interventions that aim to improve mental well-being, depressive and anxiety symptoms in young people.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
CBT is a well-established, evidence-based intervention frequently used for easing depressive and anxiety symptoms. The intervention will be delivered for 6-7 sessions, each session lasts for 1.5 hours, in the format of a group for a period of 6-7 weeks by frontline social or youth workers trained by professional CBT clinicians. Core treatment components include mood monitoring, emotion education, behavioural activation, emotion cycle/ ABC model, identification of automatic thoughts, and cognitive restructuring. It is designed to improve youths' abilities/ skills in handling their moods to have better emotional management.
Wait-list Control group
This group does not receive CBT intervention but will receive appropriate intervention after the CBT treatment group and follow-up phases complete.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
CBT is a well-established, evidence-based intervention frequently used for easing depressive and anxiety symptoms. The intervention will be delivered for 6-7 sessions, each session lasts for 1.5 hours, in the format of a group for a period of 6-7 weeks by frontline social or youth workers trained by professional CBT clinicians. Core treatment components include mood monitoring, emotion education, behavioural activation, emotion cycle/ ABC model, identification of automatic thoughts, and cognitive restructuring. It is designed to improve youths' abilities/ skills in handling their moods to have better emotional management.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* have sufficient proficiency in Chinese to understand verbal instructions and give informed consent;
Exclusion Criteria
* organic brain disorder
* photosensitive epilepsy
* significant visual, auditory or balance impairment
* current or previous use of illicit drugs
* known psychiatric diagnosis (stabilized diagnosis and treatment)
* receiving any psychosocial treatment for social withdrawal such as CBT or;
* current or active suicidal ideation or attempts.
12 Years
24 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
OTHER
The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong
OTHER
Caritas Hong Kong, Hong Kong
UNKNOWN
Hong Kong Federation of Youth's Group (HKFYG)
OTHER
Hong Kong Playground Association
UNKNOWN
Hong Kong Children and Youth Services
UNKNOWN
St. James' Settlement
OTHER
The University of Hong Kong
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Professor Eric Y.H. Chen
Chair Professor
Locations
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Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, , Hong Kong
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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LevelMind@JC CBT
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id