Attachment Based Family Therapy for Suicidal Adolescents
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Suicide, Depression, Family Relationships
In brief
This study will evaluate the efficacy of attachment based family therapy (ABFT) for treatment of suicidality in adolescents. The study will compare 16 weeks of treatment with ABFT to a control condition Family Enhanced Non-directive Supportive Therapy (FE-NST).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01537419
- Run by
- Drexel University
- People needed
- 129
- Starts
- 2012-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-02-06
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18
- Adolescents endorse severe suicidal ideation (SIQ-JR > 31) and moderate depression (BDI-II > 20) at two time points (1 to 3 days)
- At least one primary parent or caregiver must participate in the assessment and treatment. This could be a biological parent, stepparent, grandparent, other relative, or a foster parent, who has at least frequent contact with the subject. When possible both parents will participate in the assessment and treatment. Legal custody is always considered (e.g., divorced parents). Having all family members present at every session is not required. Many individual meetings with the subject or the parent are planned in both treatments.
You may not qualify if…
- Evidence of imminent risk of harm to self or others that cannot be safely treated on an outpatient basis
- Evidence of psychotic features [as reported on the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children; Voice Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (VDISC)]
- Evidence of suffering from severe cognitive impairment (e.g., mental retardation, severe developmental disorders) as evidenced by educational records, parental report and/or clinical impression).
- Subjects taking antidepressant medication for depression for less than 6 weeks prior to the screening.
Where it is running
- Drexel University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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