Psychological Prevention of Internalizing Disorders

Philipps University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depressive Symptoms; Anxiety Symptoms; Somatoform Symptoms

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00564239

IVV-001-2007

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cognitive-behavioral group prevention (CBT-G) for german children is effective and to what extent parental group training moderates outcome.

Full description

Internalizing disorders represent a large group of psychological disorders among children who are referred to psychological treatment. Anxiety, Depression and somatoform disorders in children and adolescents increase the risk of mental disorders in adulthood. Some english programs have proved the efficacy of CBT-G prevention.This study will test the efficacy of CBT-G in German children. The role of parental involvement is currently subject to scientific discussions. The impact of an additional parent-group training will be investigated.

Enrollment: 77 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 8- 12 years and
• anxiety symptoms and/or
• depressive symptoms and/or
• somatoform symptoms

Exclusion criteria

• psychiatric disorder according to ICD-10/ DSM-IV-TR requiring individual psychotherapy
• IQ < 85

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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77 participants in 3 patient groups

A

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

B

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

C

No Intervention group