Testing FIRST in Youth Outpatient Psychotherapy

Description

The study will compare the impact FIRST (a transdiagnostic treatment built upon five empirically supported principles of change) versus usual care outpatient psychotherapy on youths' mental health outcomes and a candidate mechanism of change: regulation of negative emotions.

Conditions

Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Behavior Problem

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Study overview

The study will compare the impact FIRST (a transdiagnostic treatment built upon five empirically supported principles of change) versus usual care outpatient psychotherapy on youths' mental health outcomes and a candidate mechanism of change: regulation of negative emotions.

Testing FIRST in Youth Outpatient Psychotherapy

Testing FIRST in Youth Outpatient Psychotherapy

Condition
Anxiety
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Cambridge

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 02138

Austin

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States, 78712

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * ages 7.0-15.9 years
  • * at least one clinically-relevant CBCL subscale score indicating borderline/clinical-range anxiety, depression, conduct problems, or post-traumatic stress
  • * English fluency indicated by taking all school classes in English
  • * current suicide risk, operationalized as active suicidal ideation or a history of suicide attempt or inpatient hospitalization for suicide risk within the last 3 months
  • * presence of an eating disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorder, or intellectual disability requiring special class placement in school
  • * referral for ADHD if specifically and exclusively to address inattentiveness and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity

Ages Eligible for Study

7 Years to 15 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Harvard University,

Study Record Dates

2026-02