Effectiveness of Group CBT in Children With Mixed Psychiatric Disorders

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child Behavior Problem

Treatments: Behavioral: TAU condition; Behavioral: The Friends program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05519943

HUS/211/2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to examine the immediate and longer-term effectiveness of a group cognitive behavioral therapy intervention (GCBT) in reducing internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children treated for mixed psychiatric disorders in naturalistic clinical settings. Further, the effectiveness of GCBT is compared to a treatment-as-usual condition (TAU). Within this study, it is hypothesized that children with mixed psychiatric disorders will exhibit improvements in parent-rated internalizing problem behavior and parent- and teacher-rated externalizing problem behavior following GCBT.

Enrollment: 103 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 13 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Helsinki University Hospital child psychiatric outpatient clinic patients with symptoms of anxiety or depression, deficiencies in emotional and behavioral skills impairing functioning, and sufficient social and cognitive skills to participate in group work.

Exclusion criteria

• Helsinki University Hospital child psychiatric outpatient clinic patients with excessive physical aggression, excessive physical restlessness to enable skill training, or whose severity of psychiatric symptoms required individual psychotherapy (e.g., acute suicidality or psychosis).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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103 participants in 2 patient groups

group cognitive behavioral therapy intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: The Friends program

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: TAU condition