None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The rationale of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a low intensity intervention to reduce mental health problems in young adolescent refugees. This study compares the relative efficacy of (a) Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions, and (b) Enhanced Treatment as Usual. It is hypothesised that Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions will lead to greater symptom reduction than Enhanced Treatment as Usual.
Interventions
There are two arms to this pilot trial. Arm 1: Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions. Arm 2: Enhanced Treatment as Usual. Therapy is group-administered once-weekly for 90 minutes over 7 weeks for young adolescents. In addition, there are 3 fortnightly 90-minute group sessions that are administered separately for caregivers and occur during the course of the adolescents' program. Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions includes skills in psychoeducation, problem solving, arousal management, behaviour
There are two arms to this pilot trial. Arm 1: Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions. Arm 2: Enhanced Treatment as Usual. Therapy is group-administered once-weekly for 90 minutes over 7 weeks for young adolescents. In addition, there are 3 fortnightly 90-minute group sessions that are administered separately for caregivers and occur during the course of the adolescents' program. Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions includes skills in psychoeducation, problem solving, arousal management, behavioural activation, and relapse prevention. The caregiver sessions involve psychoeducation, active listening, quality time, praise, caregiver self-care and relapse prevention. The duration of the study for any participant will conclude after a post-intervention assessment, resulting in participation duration of 9 weeks. Therapy is provided by local health workers.
Sponsors
University of New South Wales
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
10 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria are (a) Syrian refugees, (b) Child Psychosocial Distress Screener score of >5, (c) can understand instructions, (d) has a caregiver who can provide informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria include (a) unaccompanied minors, (b) children or caregivers that are at risk for harming self and/or others, (c) children or caregivers that unable to understand explanations instructions, (d) imminent risk of child abuse and requires urgent child protection, or (e) married
Outcome results
None listed