Strong Connections

University of Rochester

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents; Behavioral: Treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03308864

RSRB44140

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare two talking forms of therapy designed to help reduce depressive symptoms in teenagers: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents and Treatment as Usual.

Full description

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A) is a manualized short-term therapeutic intervention that has been shown to be efficacious in a number of randomized control trials for adolescent depression. The primary aim of the present study is to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A) into routine psychotherapeutic treatment at Strong Behavioral Health: Child and Adolescent Outpatient. The second aim of the present investigation is to examine changes in adolescent symptomatology, interpersonal functioning, perceived stress, and social support throughout the course of treatment. The third aim of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of IPT-A versus treatment as usual (TAU) at reducing depressive symptoms among adolescents.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 12-18
• scoring in the clinically elevated range for depression using the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth

Exclusion criteria

• currently psychotic
• do not speak English
• currently participating in another form of mental health treatment
• considered to need inpatient hospitalization
• IQ less than 70

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A)

Experimental group

Description:

All adolescents who present at Child and Adolescent Outpatient Service (CAOS) for a diagnostic intake evaluation and who report any symptoms of depression.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents

Treatment as Usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

All adolescents who present at Child and Adolescent Outpatient Service (CAOS) for a diagnostic intake evaluation and who report any symptoms of depression.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Treatment as usual