Cognitive De-Biasing and the Assessment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

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Conditions studied: Decision Making, Bipolar Disorder

In brief

The primary aim is to test the efficacy of a new intervention to improve clinical judgment. The investigators focus on the assessment of pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD), a controversial diagnosis with frequent diagnostic errors, by educating mental health professionals in common cognitive pitfalls and training them in recommended de-biasing strategies. The investigators hypothesize that the Treatment group will show higher diagnostic accuracy than the Control condition: Participants receiving the cognitive de-biasing intervention will be less likely to commit faulty heuristics and race/ethnicity bias. Secondary aims include soliciting feedback about whether the skills were useful when diagnosing the vignettes, and whether skills and cases seem clinically realistic.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01799291

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

240

Starts

2012-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-25

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants need to be: (a) licensed or currently supervised by a licensed mental health professional; and, (b) have experience treating child and adolescent patient populations for mental health issues.

You may not qualify if…

• Not meeting criterion (a) or (b) above.

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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