NCT02340637

Coping Kids: Early Intervention for Anxiety and Depression

Coping Kids: A Randomized Controlled Study of a New Indicated Preventive Intervention for Children With Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 873 (actual)
• Sponsor: Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge regarding the effect of early intervention and prevention on the development of anxiety and depression in children. The focus of the intervention is to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and help children develop skills to enhance self-esteem in order to improve life quality. Gender and ethnicity will be studied as moderating factors. Primary care givers will be trained in the use of evidence based methods for children with internalizing difficulties. Children in need will be identified and receive improved services, based on international standards. Active collaboration will be established nationally between three Centers for child and adolescent mental health (RKBU/RBUP) and internationally with Philip C. Kendall at the Temple University in Philadelphia and Kevin Stark at University of Texas at Austin. Primary aims are to examine if an indicated group and school based program, Coping Kids, is more effective than treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing high levels of symptoms of both anxiety and depression among 8-12 year old schoolchildren, and if the the effects are stable over 12 months.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Coping Kids	The first half (10 sessions) of Coping Kids focuses on building skills that are common to both anxiety and depression. The children practice strategies to regulate their mood, learn problem-solving, and behavioral activation is used to break the cycle of withdrawal. The second half of Coping Kids (10 sessions) is focused on the youth's specific problem; for depressive symptoms, building a positive self-schema and behavioral activation; for anxiety problems, gradual exposure to fear-inducing situations. Cognitive restructuring directed at different maladaptive thoughts is also emphasized.
BEHAVIORAL	TAU	Treatment as usual

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-03
• Primary completion: 2017-07-01
• Completion: 2017-07-01
• First posted: 2015-01-16
• Last updated: 2020-05-18

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Norway