None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Intake or phone counsellor screening occurs already though these services, for presenting issues and risk. These services will identify appropriate referrals during their routine service provision to identify parents who might be eligible and benefit from the programs. The identified potential participants will then be given the telephone contact number for the clinical intake worker on our research team. The intake worker will administer a standardized interview assessing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and other important clinical information. Participants who are referred and screened but do not meet criteria for the programs will be offered suitable alternative referrals.
Interventions
Behaviour Exchange Systems Training - MOOD (BEST-MOOD) Intervention.
The BEST-MOOD program is a fully manualised and evidence supported treatment. This professionally-led group program consists of 8 weekly two-hour sessions designed to assist concerned parents and families to effectively initiate changes to reduce youth mental health (YMH) problems, such as depression and alcohol or other drug (AOD) misuse. Youth are invited to join their parents in the group from week 5. The active components
Behaviour Exchange Systems Training - MOOD (BEST-MOOD) Intervention. The BEST-MOOD program is a fully manualised and evidence supported treatment. This professionally-led group program consists of 8 weekly two-hour sessions designed to assist concerned parents and families to effectively initiate changes to reduce youth mental health (YMH) problems, such as depression and alcohol or other drug (AOD) misuse. Youth are invited to join their parents in the group from week 5. The active components of the BEST program are: to encourage self-care; skills in family communication; boundary setting; clarification or roles within the family; clarification of family goals to reinforce parental vision and leadership; mental health literacy; improved support for all family members; support from other group members and homework tasks related to these treatment components.
Sponsors
drummond street services and Eastern Health (Turning Point)
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
12 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1) A score in the clinical or sub clinical range for youth Depression symptoms assessed via the SCID-CV
Exclusion criteria
1) Intellectual disability, severe cognitive impairment, pervasive developmental disorders or psychosis in youth or parents 2) Parents or youth presenting with severe mental illness requiring inpatient treatment or otherwise limiting their ability to participate in a group program 3) Inability to understand written or spoken English language 4) Insufficient address for follow-up or unwillingness to return for follow-up
Outcome results
None listed