TEENS Multi-site Trial

Summary

Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents, also called ERITA, is a youth friendly online therapy aiming to provide skills and train emotion regulation.

The aim of the TEENS Multi-site Trial is to investigate the effect of ERITA, including an app, as add-on to treatment as usual in young patients referred to Mental Health Services. We expect 356 families to participate from three designated Regions in Denmark.

Conditions

• Self-Injurious Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA)

The ERITA intervention as add-on to TAU consists of 11 weeks, manualized online therapy based on the methods of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) adapted for youth. The ERITA content consists of psychoeducation, emotion recognition, awareness training and theory of emotion regulation, including acceptance and validation skills.

OTHER

Treatment as usual

Within Mental Health Services in Denmark child and adolescent psychiatrists provide specialized treatment for young psychiatric patients as outpatient services. In this trial the control intervention is treatment as usual (TAU) and consists of clinical assessment and treatment for patient's current primary psychiatric condition. TAU encounters a variety of clinical treatment and assessment offers, however, all within the field of expertise in child and adolescent psychiatry; out-patient care may consist of treatment for OCD, eating disorders, psychoses or affective disorders. TAU may consist of pharmacological treatment, Family-Based Treatment (FBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), supportive counselling and/or psychoeducation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research

  collaborator OTHER

• Region of Southern Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• Region Zealand

  collaborator OTHER

• Mental Health Services in the Capital Region, Denmark

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Anne K Pagsberg, Professor · Mental Health Services Capital Region Denmark

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-02-01

Primary Completion

2026-05-15

Completion

2026-12-31

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations