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Reducing Health Risk Behavior and Improving Health in Adolescents With Depression

NCT00461539 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 217

Last updated 2022-11-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of a health education intervention in reducing health risk behavior and improving health in adolescents with depression.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Treatment as usual

Those participants receiving standard care will be referred to special programs as needed to reduce their involvement in risky health behaviors.

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral health intervention

Participants assigned to the health education intervention will attend 10 weekly education sessions that will be led by trained health educators. Parents or guardians may be asked to attend sessions depending on their interest in the intervention and the age of the youth participant. Topics covered will include teenage smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, risky sexual behaviors, and obesity. Cognitive-behavioral strategies, role playing, and media clips will be used to stimulate discussion and involvement in the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Joan Asarnow, PhD · University of California, Los Angeles, Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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