Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03315208
Study of a Transdiagnostic, Emotion-focused Group Intervention for Young Adults With Substance Use Disorders
Pilot Study of a Transdiagnostic, Emotion-focused Group Intervention for Young Adults With Substance Use Disorders
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 56 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 26 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The overall aim of this pilot study is to conduct a preliminary trial to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of adding a transdiagnostic, emotion-focused group intervention (the Unified Protocol, UP) to treatment as usual (TAU) in a comprehensive outpatient program for adolescents and young adults with substance use disorders and emotional distress. Only patients seeking services or engaged in care at an existing outpatient program at MGH (the Addiction Recovery Management Service) are eligible for participation.
Detailed description
Young adults with substance use disorder (SUD) commonly experience co-occurring emotional distress in the form of affective/emotional disorders (i.e. anxiety, depressive, and related disorders) and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs). Based on the conceptualization of emotion dysregulation as a transdiagnostic treatment target, the current study utilizes the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) to target core psychopathological processes related to emotion dysregulation that underlie SITBs and emotional disorder pathology. Given its transdiagnostic format, the UP has the potential to address comorbidity among the emotional disorders (and other functionally similar problems such as SUDs) simultaneously and more comprehensively than single-diagnosis treatments. Patients seeking services or currently engaged in care at an existing comprehensive outpatient program for adolescents and young adults with substance use disorders (the MGH Addiction Recovery Management Service) are eligible for this study. Participants will be randomized 2:1 to receive either UP + TAU or TAU alone. The adjunctive UP intervention consists of 16 twice-weekly group sessions (delivered over an 8-week period) designed to deliver transdiagnostic, emotion-focused CBT strategies.
Conditions
- Substance Use Disorders
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Emotional Disorder
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicidal and Self-injurious Behavior
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Unified Protocol (UP) | The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) is an evidence-based psychological intervention designed to be applied across anxiety, depressive, and other disorders in which emotion dysregulation is central. The UP targets shared temperamental vulnerabilities to emotional disorders through emotion-focused CBT strategies. |
| OTHER | Treatment as Usual (TAU) | Treatment as Usual consists of some combination of group therapy, individual therapy, and/or psychopharmacology appointments at an existing comprehensive outpatient program for adolescents and young adults with substance use disorders. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-11-22
- Primary completion
- 2019-09-20
- Completion
- 2019-09-20
- First posted
- 2017-10-20
- Last updated
- 2021-04-01
- Results posted
- 2021-04-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03315208. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.