NCT05078424

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Youths With Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Hong Kong

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Youths With Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Hong Kong

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 128 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that aims to examine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy in reducing depressive and anxiety symptoms for youths in Hong Kong. It is to be carried out with 120 youths aged 12 - 24 recruited from a series of community-based LevelMind@JC hubs, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. It is designed to improve the youths' abilities/ skills in handling moods to have better emotional management. A written informed consent will be signed by participants. Researchers will perform cognitive behavioural therapy on youths who agree to join the study.

Conditions

• Depressive Symptoms
• Anxiety Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	CBT is a well-established, evidence-based intervention frequently used for easing depressive and anxiety symptoms. The intervention will be delivered for 6-7 sessions, each session lasts for 1.5 hours, in the format of a group for a period of 6-7 weeks by frontline social or youth workers trained by professional CBT clinicians. Core treatment components include mood monitoring, emotion education, behavioural activation, emotion cycle/ ABC model, identification of automatic thoughts, and cognitive restructuring. It is designed to improve youths' abilities/ skills in handling their moods to have better emotional management.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-29
• Primary completion: 2024-04-30
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2021-10-14
• Last updated: 2021-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong