Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Youth With Severe Mood Dysregulation-Pilot
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Severe Mood Dysregulation
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of an utilizing an adapted form (IPT-SMD)of a psychosocial intervention, Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents, for youth with severe mood dysregulation (SMD). The investigators hypothesize that retention rates will be \>80%,satisfaction scores will average 6 (high) on a 7 point satisfaction scale, and that youth who receive the IPT-SMD intervention will have overall improvement in SMD symptoms.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01591564
- Run by
- Johns Hopkins University
- People needed
- 3
- Starts
- 2012-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-03-31
Who can join
Age: 13 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Male and female subjects, ages 13 to 17 years, who meet criteria for severe mood dysregulation as defined by NIMH criteria.
- Subject has an estimated IQ >70 on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT-2)
- Subjects will have continuously resided with a legal guardian who has known the adolescent well for at least one year before study entry and is legally able to sign the consent form.
- Participants must be on the same dose of any prescribed medication for 4 weeks prior to randomization.
- Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) ≤ 60
You may not qualify if…
- Subject poses a significant risk for dangerousness to self or others. Risk will be determined by clinical history, clinical diagnostic interview and KSADS-PL interview of parent and patient by clinician.
- Subject suffers from a concomitant medical or psychiatric co-morbidity that makes this study protocol inadvisable (either the treatment is contraindicated or the disorder is not the primary focus of treatment).
- Subject meets DSM-IV criteria for current alcohol or substance dependence or current use (defined as the past 4 weeks).
- Pregnant females.
- Primary caretaker does not speak English
Where it is running
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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