Primary Care Online Emotion-regulation Treatment (POET)

Region Stockholm

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health Issue

Treatments: Behavioral: Therapist-supported digitally delivered supportive treatment; Behavioral: Therapist-supported digitally delivered transdiagnostic emotion regulation treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05032547

POETF2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

We will evaluate a transdiagnostic digital emotion regulation treatment for youth with mental health problems.

Full description

Mental health problems in youth are a global problem, causing incalculable suffering in youth and families, harming long-term prospects of youths, and are creating substantial economic costs to society. Existing treatments are not fully addressing these problems because they focus on a subset of mental health problems; they are limited in efficacy; and are not provided to most youth in need. Transdiagnostic digital treatments that address mechanisms underlying mental health problems, such as emotion regulation, have been called for to address these problems. As an initial pilot study we will include 60 participants aged 12-17 years and their parents in a randomized controlled feasibility trial comparing a 6-week Primary care Online Emotion-regulation Treatment (POET) to a 6-week active Supportive Treatment (ST). Both interventions will be delivered in blended format combining online therapist-supported treatment modules with a video-link session. The primary study aims are to examine the feasibility and acceptability of study protocol and treatment protocols. Preliminary utility of the experimental condition will be evaluated by youth-reported, parent-reported, and clinical-reported outcomes.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Presenting with mental health problems

Exclusion criteria

• Acute suicidality and severe mental illness that require specialized care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Primary Care Online Emotion-Regulation Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

The youth component in the experimental condition will include psychoeducation, addressing maladaptive beliefs about emotions and emotion regulation, and teaching adaptive emotion regulation strategies, such as mindfulness practice and acceptance of emotions and flexible cognitive reappraisal. The parent component will include psychoeducation and teaching effective responding to their children's and their own emotions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapist-supported digitally delivered transdiagnostic emotion regulation treatment

Supportive Treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

The intervention will be delivered in a blended treatment format combining asynchronous therapist-guided online modules (text/videos/audio/messaging function) with a synchronous session delivered over video-link.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapist-supported digitally delivered supportive treatment