A Metacognitive Group Therapy of Depression and Anxiety in Youth With Autism
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: A metacognitive group therapy of depression and anxiety in youth with autism.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Anxiety Depression. Basic parameters: 15 years — 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Sweden
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Metacognitive Group Therapy of Depression and Anxiety in Youth With Autism: Feasibility, Acceptability and Effect in a Clinical Open Trial
Overview
The goal of this open clinical trial is to try out and evaluate a group metacognitive treatment protocol, for adolescents aged 15-18 years of age with anxiety and/or depression and an autism diagnosis. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. How does the recruitment to the study work and what is the retention rate? 2. What is the level of participant compliance? 3. Is the treatment adherence satisfactory, are there any practical problems with treatment delivery? 4. Are the outcome measures and assessment procedures feasible? 5. Do the participants accept the treatment, are there any reports of adverse effects? 6. What are the preliminary effects of the treatment regarding 1. Symptoms of anxiety and/or depression 2. Quality of life 3. Functional impairment 4. Subjective level of stress 5. Central metacognitive processes 7. Are changes in metacognitive processes related to changes in anxiety and depression? The participants will partake in metacognitive group treatment of 10 sessions following an initial screening.
Detailed description
Participants in the study are youth (15 to 18 years of age) seeking help for anxiety and depression within child and youth psychiatry. There will a consecutive inclusion to form 6 treatment groups with 6 persons in each. The groups will meet once every week. Assessments will take place at pre- and post-treatment as well as at 6-month follow-up. Some metacognitive processes will also be monitored at each group session. The therapists have undergone a specialist training in metacognitive therapy and are experienced in using the methods. The main focus of the study is on feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of the treatment. These will be analyzed with paired sample t-test on primary and secondary outcomes.
Interventions
- Behavioral A metacognitive group therapy of depression and anxiety in youth with autism
The treatment model is based on Adrian Wells' transdiagnostic A-M-C model and treatment structure described in Wells (2009) "Metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression". The group treatment is delivered in 10 weekly sessions.
Primary outcome measures
- Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) [Time frame: Change from pre intervention to treatment completion at 10 weeks and at a 6 month follow-up]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Brunnsviken Brief Quality of life questionnaire (BBQ) [Time frame: Change from pre intervention to treatment completion at 10 weeks and at a 6 month follow-up]
- Metacognitions Questionnaire - 30 items version (MCQ-30) [Time frame: Change from pre intervention to treatment completion at 10 weeks and at a 6 month follow-up]
- Cognitive Attentional Syndrome Scale (CAS-1) [Time frame: Change from pre intervention to treatment completion at 10 weeks and at a 6 month follow-up]
- Child Sheehan Disability Scale (CSDS) [Time frame: Change from pre intervention to treatment completion at 10 weeks and at a 6 month follow-up]
- Perceived Stress Scale 10 (PSS-10) [Time frame: Change from pre intervention to treatment completion at 10 weeks and at a 6 month follow-up.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age of 15 to 18 years
- Seeking medical care PRIMA psychiatric clinic for children and youth in Stockholm
- Diagnoses of anxiety disorder or depression as well as autism established in a clinical interview
- Mastering the Swedish language enough to take part of the treatment
- Willingness/ability to participate after receiving information about what participation entails
Exclusion criteria
- Assessed to meet one of the following diagnoses: Bipolar syndrome, alcohol use syndrome, substance use syndromes, psychotic symptoms and affective syndromes with psychotic symptoms and antisocial personality disorder.
- Assessed to have a high suicide risk.
- Assessed to have extensive self-harm behavior or moderate to high risk of such.
- Participating in other psychological treatment or about to start such treatment during the time interval of the study.
- Has not had stable medication in the last month or is planning a deposit/medication adjustment during the time interval of the study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Sweden · 1 center
- PRIMA Child and Youth Psychiatry, Handen — Haninge
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06441786 · UUMCT001