Reducing Aggression in Children and Adolescent on an Inpatient Unit

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Anger, Aggression

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Anger Control Therapy (ACT) with Regulate and Gain Emotional-Control (RAGE-Control) is a feasible behavioral therapy to provide on a pediatric inpatient psychiatric unit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01377948

Run by

Gonzalez-Heydrich, Joseph, M.D.

People needed

20

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2011-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-03-12

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• consecutive admissions to the psychiatric inpatient unit between the ages of 9 and 17 years of age
• who were not expected to begin or undergo a change >25% to their antipsychotic or mood stabilizing medications
• elevated levels of anger as demonstrated by baseline score on the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory - Child and Adolescent (STAXI-CA) combined State-anger and Trait-anger score greater than 30.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to consent, comprehend, and effectively participate in the study.
• Gross cognitive impairment due to mental retardation, dementia, or intoxication.
• Started on an antipsychotic or mood stabilizing drug within 5 days of beginning the study

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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