NCT04887155

Mobile-enhanced Group CBT for Adolescents at Risk Severe Mood Disorders

Mobile-enhanced Transdiagnostic Group Treatment for Adolescents at Risk for Severe Mood Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 91 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Although cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown efficacy in reducing symptoms and rates of mood relapse in adolescents at high risk for severe mood disorders (SMD; i.e., bipolar I/II disorder and recurrent or unremitting major depression), a significant limitation to the CBT's efficacy is the low rate of participant adherence to the prescribed between-session homework tasks. Mobile health applications have the potential to improve adherence to and acceptance of treatment through embedded treatment content, skill-practice, thought and symptom monitoring, all of which are facilitated by reward contingencies and notifications. This study examines whether a mobile application-enhanced CBT can improve participant adherence and treatment acceptance for adolescents at high risk for SMD.

Conditions

• Adolescents
• Mood Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)	Group-based transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-30
• Primary completion: 2024-03-15
• Completion: 2024-03-15
• First posted: 2021-05-14
• Last updated: 2025-05-22
• Results posted: 2025-05-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States