Internet-delivered Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents With NSSI - An Open Pilot Study

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Internet-delivered Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02697019

2015/1895-31/5

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim is to investigate the effectiveness of an Internet-delivered Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA) with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI).

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

A primary diagnosis of NSSI as defined in Section 3 in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-5) < 1 NSSI episode during the past month At least one parent needs to commit to participate in the parent program

Exclusion criteria

Bipolar disorder I or primary psychosis Severe suicidal ideation Ongoing substance dependence Insertion/withdrawal of psychopharmacological substances within two months prior to the treatment Other acute primary axis I diagnosis (e.g. anorexia nervosa) that demand treatment in first hand Current life circumstances that would hinder the treatment (i.e. ongoing domestic abuse) insufficient Swedish language skills Cocurrent treatment with Mentalization based therapy (MBT) or Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Internet-delivered ERITA

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Internet-delivered Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents