Validating Interventions for Diverse Adolescents (VIDA)

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders

Treatments

Behavioral: Standard Cognitive Behavioral Treatment

Behavioral: Culturally Adapted Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT01018654

5K23DA19914-5

K23DA019914 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

IRB_00041220

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare a culturally adapted and a non-culturally adapted group-based substance abuse treatment with Latino adolescents.

Enrollment

70 patients

Sex

All

Ages

13 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adolescent between 13-18 years of age
Parental consent
Adolescent speaks English and Spanish
Adolescent assent to participate in treatment and assessments
Adolescent meets either DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence
Adolescent identifies as Hispanic

Exclusion criteria

Adolescent younger than 13 or older than 18 years of age
Adolescent requires higher level of care than what is provided in study
Adolescent speaks only English or Spanish
Parental consent not obtainable
Adolescent does not assent to study
Adolescent is overtly psychotic, severely depressed/suicidal, and/or presents with other mental disorder that will limit participation in group treatment
Adolescent has completed substance abuse treatment elsewhere in the past 90 days
Adolescent does not identify as Hispanic