Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills(PEERS®) for Chinese: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention for Social Functioning and Depressed Mood in Young People with Depression

A study on the effect of PEERS(Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) training on social functioning and depressed mood in young depressed patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2400093797

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2024-12-12

Start date

2025-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-12-16

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Conditions

Depression

Interventions

Intervention group:PEERS training

Control group:Routine nursing in ward

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 28 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.18-28 years old; 2.Meet the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for depression and have a HAMD-17 score >=18, with no comorbidities of other psychiatric disorders diagnosed; 3. Presence of a certain degree of impaired socialization (LSAS score >=16); 4. Normal intelligence, without serious impairment of verbal and affective expression.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Visual and hearing impairment; 2.Patients with substance abuse and dependence; 3.Severe neurological or somatic diseases or mental disorders; 4.Patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Liebowitz social anxiety scale;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Decline rate of severe social anxiety;Depression;Social avoidance and stress;Scale of perceived social self- efficacy;	—

Countries

CHINA

Contacts

Public ContactLiu Yujin

The Second Hospital of Jinhua

lyujin066@163.com+86 188 5722 6936

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026