Psychosocial Training for Pediatric Health Care Providers

Trial of Psychosocial Training for Pediatric Generalists

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00070876

Enrollment

350

Registered

2003-10-09

Start date

2002-08-31

Completion date

2008-08-31

Last updated

2013-04-04

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Conditions

Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood

Keywords

Child, Adolescent

Brief summary

This study will provide psychosocial training to general health care providers to help them provide better care to children with mental health problems.

Detailed description

Up to 20% of school-age children have one or more mental health conditions that require treatment. These conditions are often treated by generalists. However, a significant proportion of children who seek treatment from generalists do not receive effective treatment. Studies indicate that generalists who treat adults can improve the administration of treatment after taking part in training programs, but these studies have yet to be translated into pediatric settings. This study will conduct a training program to help generalists provide effective treatments to children with mental health problems. This study will evaluate a two-session, highly interactive training program in which general clinicians receive psychosocial training. The training program includes skills related to engaging parents and children, problem identification, solution-focused cognitive therapy, and making effective mental health referrals. The child's mental health symptoms, functioning, changes in utilization of pediatric services, and utilization of community services will be measured along with the mother's emotional well-being and family functioning.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMental health communication skills training

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

6 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

for Health Care Providers: * Generalist clinician in primary care practice seeing children 6 to 16 years of age Inclusion Criteria for Patients: * 6 to 16 years of age * Seeing a study-enrolled provider * English or Spanish speaking * Not in acute pain

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026