NCT02978963

CBT for Adolescents With Excessive Worry

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents With Excessive Worry - a Case Series

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This case series aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of streamlined cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescents with excessive worry. The treatment protocol focuses on reducing intolerance of uncertainty and the hypothesis is that this will help reduce worry.

Detailed description

This pilot study aims to test a new form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for adolescents with excessive worry. The investigators will include 12 participants with excessive worry and test the treatment which focuses on reducing intolerance of uncertainty (IU) in order to reduce worry. Participants will be randomized to either one, two or three weeks of weekly baseline measurements prior to starting treatment, and will thus work as their on controls in this case series design. Primary outcome measures will be collected at 12 weeks after treatment start. Participants will be followed up at three months after treatment.

Conditions

• Excessive Worry

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive behavioral therapy	CBT focused on reducing intolerance of uncertainty

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-01
• Completion: 2017-10-01
• First posted: 2016-12-01
• Last updated: 2017-12-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden