Effectiveness of Enhanced Mental Health Support for Young People (Nopsatuki)

Turku University Hospital (TYKS)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Emotional Stress; Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05356949

12086-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the research project is to measure the effectiveness of an early and rapid psychiatric nurse intervention at schools in improving the emotional well-being and functioning of adolescents.

Full description

In this study, the impact of a short psychological intervention on adolescent emotional well-being, symptoms, and functioning is assessed. The intervention is a short intervention based on the methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy comprising 6 weekly sessions. It is delivered by psychiatric nurses working in the schools in the City of Turku. The participants are adolescents aged 12-18 who seek student health care due to mental health problems. The goal is to recruit 150 participants. The intervention is not tied to some particular disorder and thus, the main response variable is emotional well-being. Emotional well-being is measured at both the beginning and the end of the intervention, and at 6-month follow-up using the Young Person's Clinical Outcomes for Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE) questionnaire. Effectiveness is measured as a change in the YP-CORE scores.

Enrollment: 124 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Young Person's Clinical Outcomes for Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE) score ≥14
• Willing and able to commit to the intervention and study protocol
• Sufficient proficiency in Finnish

Exclusion criteria

• Other ongoing mental health treatment
• Substance use as the main problem

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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124 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The participants receive a psychological intervention including six weekly sessions. The intervention is based on methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy and delivered by a psychiatric nurse working in the participant's school.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention