Social Media Use in Adolescents Admitted to a Psychiatric Unit

Kaiser Permanente

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Social Media; Depression; Adolescent Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: CBT Mobile App; Behavioral: Treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03836846

029021

Details and patient eligibility

About

We will investigate the association between social media use and depression in adolescents admitted to a psychiatric unit and continue to follow their progress after discharge in outpatient clinic services. We expect improvement in their depressive symptoms by modifying social media use and adding a mental health app to further encourage the positive effects of social media.

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants admitted to inpatient psychiatric unit
• Kaiser insured participants between 13-17 years of age with parental consent
• positive for social media use
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• pregnant
• non English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Treatment As Usual

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Standard of care as usual with follow-up at 1-, 3-, and 6-months

Treatment:

Behavioral: Treatment as usual

Intervention with CBT Mobile App

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment as usual with additional treatment using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) mobile apps (ie What's Up?)

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT Mobile App