Executive Function and Symptom Reduction in Youth Receiving Home-based Treatment With Collaborative Problem Solving

Mass General Brigham

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Child Behavior; Executive Dysfunction; Problem Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Collaborative Problem Solving

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04121650

2019P002239

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this project, the investigators will extend prior results of parent-reported executive function growth and symptom reduction in children receiving home-based treatment with the Collaborative Problem Solving treatment approach (CPS), with a particular focus on examining children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The investigators will examine executive functioning (EF) of children who are receiving CPS, measuring EF with parent-report and objective computer-based tasks, at two timepoints: at the start of treatment and approximately four months later, and will collect symptoms at these plus three additional timepoints: at discharge, 6-months after discharge, and 12-months after discharge.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clients of participating non-profit organization that are receiving home-based youth mental health care
• Speaking and writing English at level necessary to complete study requirements

Exclusion criteria

• Youth is in full state custody and consent cannot be obtained by a guardian
• Youth and/or guardians do not speak English well enough to complete standardized measures
• Youth has a confirmed or suspected Full Scale IQ below 70, or carries a prior diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder at the moderate or severe level