NCT00768352

Educational Intervention for Optimizing Adolescent Mental Health Screening and Treatment in Pediatric Residency

An Educational Intervention for Optimizing Adolescent Mental Health Screening Skills and Treatment in Pediatric Residency

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Brooke Army Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is: 1) to assess pediatric resident knowledge of adolescent mental health; 2) to assess pediatric resident comfort level for screening, assessing, and treating mental health disorders in adolescents, and; 3) to evaluate pediatric resident current practices for adolescent mental health screening, assessment, and treatment.

Conditions

• Mental Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Educational intervention	An educational intervention which will consist of a standardized PowerPoint presentation that will cover general mental health topics such as depression and substance abuse. The presentation will also include discussion of common and validated mental health screening and assessment tools, as well as how to use these tools in a clinical setting. An educational packet will be provided to the residents and will include the screening tools, information on motivational interviewing and the behavioral stages of change, information on common medications prescribed for mental health disorders, and a bibliography of reputable resources for mental health topics.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-02-01
• Completion: 2009-06-01
• First posted: 2008-10-08
• Last updated: 2008-10-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States