Manual-based Art Therapy for Adolescents With Depression

Vastra Gotaland Region

Status

Completed

Conditions

Depression

Depressive Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: Manual-based Art Therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT04603235

254011

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is a need to evaluate different interventions in order to meet young people's needs of treatment. The study's goal is to find out if manual-based art therapy is a useful method for young people with depression and thus increase the availability of methods of treatment for adolescents with depression in Child and youth psychiatry in Sweden.

The aim is to investigate whether manual-based art therapy is useful as treatment for adolescents with depression by examining feasibility, acceptability and compliant to treatment. Secondary, preliminary study of adolescent depressive symptoms, quality of life and functional level is affected by the treatment.

Method: Data from youths aged 13-17 years old and their parents will be collected with questionnaires and structured interviews. Measurements are taken before and after treatment. Acceptability and feasibility will be examined by participants' presence, drop out and cancellations and also by checking the art therapists' compliance to the manual and investigate their reasons to diverge from the manual

Enrollment

10 patients

Sex

All

Ages

13 to 17 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age 13-17 year
Depression as main diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

high suicide risk
ongoing psychosis
eating disorder
Untreated PTSD
Patients are excluded if there is suspicion of violence, abuse, abuse in the home or other vulnerability which requires other interventions to ensure the safety.