Mentalization-based Training for Adolescents With Conduct Disorder (MBT-CD)

Heidelberg University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Conduct Disorder

Treatments: Other: MBT-CD

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02988453

23011229

Details and patient eligibility

About

A feasibility and pilot trial to investigate the feasibility of a newly manualized psychotherapy "Mentalization-Based Training for Adolescents with Conduct Disorder (MBT-CD)"

Full description

Background: Conduct Disorder is a severe and complex mental disorder with the highest incidence in adolescence. Previous studies have shown that family-oriented interventions are effective in the treatment of Conduct Disorder. However, most therapies focus rather on symptom management and less on etiological causes without inclusion of the family in the therapeutic process. Previous research has linked specific symptoms of Conduct Disorder with deficits in mentalization ability. Mentalization is the ability to perceive one's own and other's behavior as the product of affective and cognitive mental states. Low or missing mentalization abilities are regarded as a risk factor for the development and chronification of Conduct Disorder.

Aims: The study aims to investigate the feasibility of a newly manualized psychotherapy "Mentalization-Based Training for Adolescents with Conduct Disorder (MBT-CD)" that strives to decrease symptoms associated with Conduct Disorder by increasing mentalization in adolescents and their families.

Methods: The study is feasibility and piolot trial, carried out in Heidelberg (Germany), and Mainz (Germany). Adolescents aged between 11-18, who meet the DSM-5 criteria for Conduct Disorder will receive MBT-CD. Times of measurement: t0 (Screening), T1 (Baseline, at the beginning of therapy), T2 (3 months after the beginning of therapy), T3 (at the end of therapy, after 6 months), T4 (follow-up, after 9 months).

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• main diagnosis conduct disorder (DSM-5 312.81,312.82)
• written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• acute substance dependence
• sexual offenses
• acute psychotic symptoms, early or early-onset schizophrenia
• neurological impairments and low intelligence (IQ <80)
• non-German-speaking
• other clinical contra indication for outpatient psychotherapy (e.g. acute suicidality)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 1 patient group

MBT-CD

Experimental group

Description:

Mentalization-based treatment program

Treatment:

Other: MBT-CD