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Group Psychotherapy for Adolescents With Substance Use

NCT02933125 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2016-10-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background: Substance abuse among children and adolescents is an important public health issue in Taiwan. Kaoshiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Taiwan Kaoshiung Juvenile and Family Court will cooperate in a counseling program for adolescents with illicit drug abusers in 2013, to perform a mandatory 10-week family-based group psychotherapy.

Aims: This study aims (1) to investigate the effectiveness of the family-based group psychotherapy for adolescents with illicit drug abusers and their parents; (2) to identify whether the counseling program is effective for preventing the adolescents from relapse of substance abuse.

Expected Results: The investigators expect that (1) group psychotherapy may involve comprehensive benefits for adolescents with illicit drug abusers, by improving the changes in adolescents' substance-craving symptoms and behavioral problems, and reducing stress of their parents; (2) this counseling program is effective for preventing the adolescents from relapse of substance abuse; (3) the findings in this study will not only demonstrate empirical evidence of treatment effectiveness for adolescents with illicit drug abuse, but will also provide useful clues for future implementation of policy making.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Group psychotherapy

Motivational enhancement psychotherapy (MEP) for Youths: The participating youths have to attend one session a week for 10 weeks of a group program for relapse prevention based on motivational enhancement ideas and led by two experienced psychologists from the hospital. Parenting skill training (PST) for Caregivers: The PST program for the youths' caregivers also consist of 10 weekly, 120-minute sessions that were led by a senior consulting psychologist.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard supervision

The standard supervision by the protection officers in Taiwan's Kaohsiung Juvenile and Family Court provide the adolescents with moral education, as well as counseling in their work or studies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Liang-Jen Wang, MD, MPH · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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