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Telepsychotherapy for the Treatment of Adolescents With Trichotillomania

NCT03725163 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2018-10-30

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Summary

The primary purpose of the current study is to evaluate the effectiveness of providing treatment for adolescents with trichotillomania through the use of telehealth. Parent or legal guardians' psychological flexibility scores will be assessed to determine if their levels of flexibility potentially moderate treatment outcomes.

The study will test the following hypotheses:

Hypothesis 1: Telepsychotherapy will result in significantly better trichotillomania symptom outcomes for adolescents than a waitlist control condition.

Hypothesis 2: Telepsychotherapy will result in significantly better psychological flexibility outcomes for adolescents than a waitlist control condition.

Hypothesis 3: Telepsychotherapy will result in significantly better overall wellbeing outcomes for adolescents than a waitlist control condition.

Hypothesis 4: Within-group changes (that include both conditions following treatment) will be significant from pre-treatment to post-treatment and will not significantly differ from post-treatment at 3, 6, and 12-month follow-up.

Conditions

  • Trichotillomania

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enhanced Behavior Therapy (AEBT)

This treatment approach blends traditional behavior therapy elements of habit reversal training and stimulus control techniques with the more contemporary behavioral elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). The first phase of the treatment, clients are taught skills for stopping and preventing their unconscious pulling episodes. The second phase, clients are introduced to ACT. Unlike interventions that aim to change the type or frequency of pulling-related cognitions, this treatment uses strategies to change the function of these cognitions. Clients are taught to see urges for what they really are and to accept their pulling-related thoughts, feelings, and urges without fighting against them. Over the course of 10 session clients will learn to be aware of their pulling and warning signals, use self-management strategies for stopping and preventing pulling, stop fighting against their pulling-related urges and thoughts, and work toward increasing their quality of life.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Utah State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael P Twohig, PhD · Utah State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-06
Primary Completion
2020-08-05
Completion
2020-08-05

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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