Enhanced Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT07256496

Last Updated: 2025-12-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

47 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-10-17

Study Completion Date

2022-08-26

Brief Summary

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Suicide is a leading cause of death and significant concerns for adolescents and young adults. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) is an evidence-based intervention that effectively reduces life-threatening behaviors. Limited research examines the impact of adding individualized skills coaching sessions (ISCS) to the DBT-A model, a novel intervention referred to in this paper as "Enhanced DBT-A". This study evaluates the effectiveness of Enhanced DBT-A in reducing suicidality over 1 year of treatment in an outpatient and intensive outpatient setting.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Suicidality

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Enhanced DBT-A Group

Participants engaged in Enhanced DBT-A services, including individual therapy, group skills training, phone coaching, and ISCS. Participants completed assessment batteries at intake, 6 months, and 1 year, and the outcome measures assessed participants' severity and intensity of suicidal ideation (SI), reasons for living, and depressive symptoms.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enhanced DBT-A

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants engaged in Enhanced DBT-A services, including individual therapy, group skills training, phone coaching, and ISCS. Participants completed assessment batteries at intake, 6 months, and 1 year, and the outcome measures assessed participants' severity and intensity of suicidal ideation (SI), reasons for living, and depressive symptoms.

Interventions

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Enhanced DBT-A

Participants engaged in Enhanced DBT-A services, including individual therapy, group skills training, phone coaching, and ISCS. Participants completed assessment batteries at intake, 6 months, and 1 year, and the outcome measures assessed participants' severity and intensity of suicidal ideation (SI), reasons for living, and depressive symptoms.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* appropriateness for Stage 1 DBT, completion of all assessments within the designated timeframe, a non-zero score on the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) at intake, and participation in at least one ISCS between intake and 1 year from the first individual therapy session.

Exclusion Criteria

* presenting with active psychosis, a primary diagnosis of substance use, who did not consent to data collection, or who had a zero score on the C-SSRS at intake
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Compass Behavioral Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Megan Plakos Szabo

Associate Director of Research

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Compass Behavioral Health

Tustin, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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Pro00078098

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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