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Coping Skills Program for Depression

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Waitlist Available

Led By Martha E Wadsworth, PhD

Research Sponsored by Penn State University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up pre-post (3 months) and pre-follow up (6 and 12 months)

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will test a program to help low-income and minoritized youth aged 11-14 reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD. It will assess changes in coping mechanisms, symptom change, and biological "risk".

Who is the study for?

This trial is for English-speaking children aged 11-14 from low-income families who are experiencing chronic stress, depression, or anxiety. They must not have an intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, high suicidal risk, or severe depression.

What is being tested?

The study tests the 'Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills' (BaSICS) program on youth waiting for mental health treatment. It aims to replicate previous positive results and examine changes in coping skills and stress response systems.

What are the potential side effects?

Since BaSICS is a psychological intervention rather than medication, side effects may include emotional discomfort during sessions but typically do not involve physical side effects like those seen with drugs.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ pre-post (3 months) and pre-follow up (6 and 12 months)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~pre-post (3 months) and pre-follow up (6 and 12 months)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and pre-post (3 months) and pre-follow up (6 and 12 months) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Anxiety

Depression

Suicide Risk Markers

Secondary study objectives

Collaborative Coping

Engagement Coping Skills Acquisition

HPA Reactivity Profile

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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: BaSICS InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Intervention = Building a String Identity and Coping Skills (BaSICS). Children randomized to participate in 16 twice weekly BaSICS intervention sessions. Children learn coping skills, identity development, and collective action as ways to buffer against chronic stress. These children also complete pre- and post-intervention assessments, as well as 6-month and 12-month follow-up assessments.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

These children complete assessments only--timed to coincide with the intervention groups' assessments: pre- and post-intervention assessments, as well as 6-month and 12-month follow-up assessments. No intervention.

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