NCT05519943

Effectiveness of Group CBT in Children With Mixed Psychiatric Disorders

Effectiveness of Group CBT on Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Children With Mixed Psychiatric Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 103 (actual)
• Sponsor: Helsinki University Central Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to examine the immediate and longer-term effectiveness of a group cognitive behavioral therapy intervention (GCBT) in reducing internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children treated for mixed psychiatric disorders in naturalistic clinical settings. Further, the effectiveness of GCBT is compared to a treatment-as-usual condition (TAU). Within this study, it is hypothesized that children with mixed psychiatric disorders will exhibit improvements in parent-rated internalizing problem behavior and parent- and teacher-rated externalizing problem behavior following GCBT.

Conditions

• Child Behavior Problem

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The Friends program	A GCBT intervention comprising ten weekly 60-minute sessions followed by two booster sessions
BEHAVIORAL	TAU condition	A TAU waitlist condition during which participants received routine care services tailored to each child individually.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-01
• Primary completion: 2019-10-01
• Completion: 2021-10-01
• First posted: 2022-08-29
• Last updated: 2022-08-30