Cultural Adaptation and Implementation of DBT for Adolescents With Emotional Disorders
ConditionEmotional Disorders
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age12-18
SponsorMackay Memorial Hospital
About this trial
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).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
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.
Disqualifiers
Educational level of elementary school or university.
Comorbid intellectual disability or psychotic disorder.
Acute suicidality.
Insufficient Chinese language skills.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Culturally adapted DBT-A-ST group
- Satir-based group (SBG)
Treatment groups
160 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov