Cultural Adaptation and Implementation of DBT for Adolescents With Emotional Disorders

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Conditions studied: Emotional Disorders

In brief

The goal of this study is to learn if Dialectical behavior therapy Skills Training for Adolescents (DBT-A-ST) works on emotional disorders in adolescents. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does DBT-A-ST produce faster improvements (i.e., steeper slopes), compared to ASG, on primary and secondary outcome measures during treatment and 3-month follow-up? Does DBT-A-ST produce greater improvements, compared to SBG, on primary and secondary outcome measures? Participants is: Randomly assigned to (a) a culturally adapted DBT-A-ST or (b) Satir-based group (SBG). Received five assessments before the start of the trial (T1), after 4, 8 sessions (T2, T3), at post-intervention (T4), and 3-month follow-up (T5).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06566235

Run by

Mackay Memorial Hospital

People needed

160

Starts

2024-10-24

Expected to finish

2028-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-12

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 12-18 years.
• Informed consent provided by the youth and one parent.
• Sufficient Mandarin Chinese proficiency to complete study questionnaires.
• Total score of PHQ-9 ≥ 8 or GAD-7 ≥ 8, or SDQ total score ≥ 10, or SDQ hyperactivity subscale score ≥ 3.
• Primary diagnosis of depressive, anxiety disorder, or ADHD based on K-SADS-
• E interview, including:
• Depression (F32-33) Persistent mood disorder (F34) Phobic anxiety disorder (F40) Other anxiety disorder (F41) Adjustment disorders (F43.2) ADHD (F90)
• Stable medication use for at least four weeks and willingness to maintain stable dosage during the study.
• Individuals with comorbid emotional disorders are included; comorbidities are not stratified to avoid increasing study design complexity.

You may not qualify if…

• Educational level of elementary school or university.
• Comorbid intellectual disability or psychotic disorder.
• Acute suicidality.
• Insufficient Chinese language skills.
• Unwillingness to discontinue current psychotherapy.
• Unwillingness to accept video recording during group therapy.
• Medication changes during the trial are not exclusionary if judged necessary or clinically important by the treating clinician, to maintain a naturalistic setting.

Where it is running

• MacKay Memorial Hospital — Taipei, Taiwan (enrolling)
• MacKay Memorial Hospital — Taipei, Taiwan

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