Designing and Testing a Family Therapy for Adolescent Depression

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Depression

In brief

This study will design and test a cognitive behavioral therapy for depressed adolescents that uses family interactions to help with treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00867919

Run by

Oregon Research Institute

People needed

56

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-04-18

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Family with an adolescent between 14 and 18 years of age and at least one parent or permanent guardian with whom the adolescent resides
• Family's primary concerns include depressive symptoms
• Adolescent has a score above 24 on the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale
• Family will be seeking services at the community mental health center that is associated with the study

You may not qualify if…

• Adolescents presenting with evidence of severe difficulties associated with comorbid conditions, such that the focus of treatment would need to shift to nonaffective symptoms
• Adolescents evidencing symptoms of mania or psychoses or with suicidal behaviors requiring inpatient care
• Adolescents with cognitive limitations of severity that will preclude meaningful participation in the study

Where it is running

• Options Counseling — Eugene, Oregon, United States
• Oregon Research Institute — Eugene, Oregon, United States

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