TEENS Multi-site Trial
ConditionSelf-Injurious Behavior
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-17
SponsorMental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
About this trial
Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents, also called ERITA, is a youth friendly online therapy aiming to provide skills and train emotion regulation.
The aim of the TEENS Multi-site Trial is to investigate the effect of ERITA, including an app, as add-on to treatment as usual in young patients referred to Mental Health Services. We expect 356 families to participate from three designated Regions in Denmark.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
≥ 5 non-suicidal self-injury episodes in the past year and ≥ 1 non-suicidal self-injury episodes in the past month assessed by the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory, Youth version (DSHI-Y).
Age-appropriate literacy assessed by referring clinicians and the self-injury team, i.e. age between 13 and 17.
Having at least one parent committing to participate in the parent program.
Informed consent from parents/legal caretakers and assent from participants above 15 years of age.
Disqualifiers
Imminent suicidal risk assessed by clinicians during routine screening procedure (that can be rated as no risk, elevated risk, or imminent risk) in need of admission or other life saving strategies.
Lack of informed consent from parents/legal caretakers.
Lack of informed assent from the participant above 15 years of age.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA)
- Treatment as usual
Treatment groups
356 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
Lead sponsor
Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research
Collaborator
Region of Southern Denmark
Collaborator
Region Zealand
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov