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Abuse-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Who Have Been Physically Abused

NCT00494286 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 280

Last updated 2013-02-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of abuse-focused cognitive behavioral therapy that is provided by a community health clinic in addressing the behavioral and emotional health needs of children and adolescents whose parents have used physical disciplinary action.

Conditions

  • Child Abuse

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Abused-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (AF-CBT)

Practitioners will be randomly assigned to provide the AF-CBT treatment for 3 to 6 months. Patient participants will continue to see their regular practitioner, but will receive AF-CBT at treatment visits. Practitioners who are assigned to AF-CBT will first receive training in the treatment method. The training curriculum will include a published treatment book, intensive training sessions, which will occur weekly for 8 hours over 4 weeks, handouts that illustrate key therapeutic information and exercises, and ongoing case consultation reviews for 5 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual (TAU)

This condition consists of those practitioners in each agency who will not receive study training in AF-CBT. These practitioners will simply provide services as available within their agencies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David J. Kolko, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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