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Character Strengths Intervention Among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Youth

NCT02674932 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 153

Last updated 2019-09-03

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Summary

Research has shown that identifying and using one's character strengths in new ways decreases depressive symptoms and increases happiness in adults in the general population. Recently, we found that a similar intervention increases the self-esteem and self-efficacy of children and adolescents being treated in an inpatient psychiatric unit. The purpose of this study is to better understand the effects that discovering one's character strengths and incorporating them into coping skills will have on treatment outcomes in patients admitted to a child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit.

Conditions

  • Psychiatric Hospitalization
  • Mental Disorders
  • Child/Adolescent Problems

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Identifying and Using Signature Strengths

The purpose of the intervention is to identify and focus on one's morally valued strengths and utilize them (i.e. incorporate them into coping skills) to overcome challenges. The study team member and patient will discuss each top strength and ways to use them as coping skills. The patient will identify 2-4 coping mechanisms per strength, and will write his/her strengths and self-identified coping skills on index cards.

BEHAVIORAL

Identifying and Writing Down Coping Skills

The study team member and patient will discuss the importance of having coping skills to deal with stressful and difficult situations. The patient will then identify at least six coping skills and write them down on index cards.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as Usual

The study team member and patient will discuss the importance of having coping skills to deal with stressful and difficult situations. The patient will then identify coping skills that could be helpful (but will not write them down).

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Paresh D Patel, MD, PhD · Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

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