NCT03836846

Social Media Use in Adolescents Admitted to a Psychiatric Unit

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

We will investigate the association between social media use and depression in adolescents admitted to a psychiatric unit and continue to follow their progress after discharge in outpatient clinic services. We expect improvement in their depressive symptoms by modifying social media use and adding a mental health app to further encourage the positive effects of social media.

Conditions

• Depression
• Social Media
• Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	CBT Mobile App	TAU and the additional treatment of a Mental Health App (What's Up?). This app will be used to guide adolescents through cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance commitment therapy techniques, as well as to assist in developing coping mechanisms to prevent readmission.
BEHAVIORAL	Treatment as usual	TAU as per standard of care

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-01
• Primary completion: 2020-10-31
• Completion: 2021-10-31
• First posted: 2019-02-11
• Last updated: 2022-01-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States