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Testing FIRST in Youth Outpatient Psychotherapy

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Harvard University
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorHarvard University
Started2021-09-27
Est. completion2026-02
Eligibility
Age7 Years – 15 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations2 sites
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NCT04725721

Summary

The study will compare the impact FIRST (a transdiagnostic treatment built upon five empirically supported principles of change) versus usual care outpatient psychotherapy on youths' mental health outcomes and a candidate mechanism of change: regulation of negative emotions.

Eligibility

Age: 7 Years – 15 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* ages 7.0-15.9 years
* at least one clinically-relevant CBCL subscale score indicating borderline/clinical-range anxiety, depression, conduct problems, or post-traumatic stress
* English fluency indicated by taking all school classes in English

Exclusion Criteria:

* current suicide risk, operationalized as active suicidal ideation or a history of suicide attempt or inpatient hospitalization for suicide risk within the last 3 months
* presence of an eating disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorder, or intellectual disability requiring special class placement in school
* referral for ADHD if specifically and exclusively to address inattentiveness and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity

Conditions4

AnxietyBehavior ProblemDepressionTrauma

Locations2 sites

Massachusetts

1 site
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138
John R Weisz, PhDjohn_weisz@harvard.edu

Texas

1 site
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, 78712
Sarah Kate Bearman, PhDskbearman@austin.utexas.edu

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