Prevention of Adolescent Major Depression (CWSA-Fin)

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Depressive Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Treatment as usual; Behavioral: the Adolescent Coping with Stress; Other: usual health education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00611052

KTL423-0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a cognitive group intervention on prevention of major depression in 14-15-year-old adolescents. Moreover, the effect on other selected mental health parameters are investigated.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• mild to moderate level depressive symptoms (RBDI self-report scale)
• adequate knowledge of the Finnish language
• informed consent from the adolescent (all) and his/her parent (under 15 years)
• healthy controls comprise subjects with no depressive symptoms

Exclusion criteria

• ongoing major depression, dysthymia or bipolar disorder
• ongoing other severe psychiatric illness precluding group participation
• mental retardation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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65 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Group cognitive intervention (the Adolescent Coping with Stress)

Treatment:

Behavioral: the Adolescent Coping with Stress

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment as usual

Treatment:

Behavioral: Treatment as usual

3

Active Comparator group

Description:

Healthy controls, receive usual health education in school health care

Treatment:

Other: usual health education