Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

St. Justine's Hospital

Code:

NCT01595568

Conditions

Alcohol Abuse

Drug Abuse

Mood Disorder

Anxiety Disorder

Conduct Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Personality-targeted interventions

Personality-targeted interventions

Personality-targeted interventions

Personality-targeted interventions

Study Details

Brief summary:

In adolescents, mental health problems are frequently associated with substance misuse, even considered a risk factor for alcohol abuse and dependence. This dual diagnosis tends to complicate the patient's treatment and prognosis by increasing, among others, substance use problems, reckless behaviours, relationships and school problems and suicidal thoughts. It is therefore critical to invest time and effort into developing an efficient approach to prevent and reduce substance use problems and offer these children a more global and optimal treatment.

A brief personality-targeted intervention was developed with students of Canadian and English high schools based on four personality factors known to be implicated in the vulnerability to adolescent alcohol misuse (Impulsivity, Anxiety Sensitivity, Negative Thinking and Sensation Seeking) (Conrod et al., 2006,2008, O'Leary-Barrett 2010).

By helping the adolescents to develop better adaptive behaviours, this cognitive-behavioural intervention proved to reduce binge drinking, quantity and frequency of use and substance use problems (Conrod et al., 2006,2011).

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of this intervention if combined to a regular treatment in a youth psychiatric population.

60 patients aged 14-17 years of a Child and Adolescent psychiatric department will be screened for personality risk with self-report assessments including the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale. Participants will be randomly assigned to a personality matched cognitive-behavioural intervention or a no-intervention control.

The main outcome measures of this study are alcohol and illicit drug outcomes. Secondary measures include mental health symptoms.

Conditions

Alcohol Abuse

Drug Abuse

Mood Disorder

Anxiety Disorder

Conduct Disorder

Study ID

NCT01595568

Start date

Feb, 2012

Status verified date

Jul, 2012

Primary completion date

Jul, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Motive for psychiatric consultation
  • Able to provide consent from parent/guardian for participation in the study

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Factorial

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Learning to cope with your impulsivity

Cognitive-behavioural intervention targeting impulsive personality

experimental: Learning to cope with your sensation seeking

Cognitive behavioural intervention designed to help sensation seeking youth manage their need for stimulation and excitement.

experimental: Learning to cope with your anxiety sensitivity

Cognitive behavioural intervention teaching anxiety sensitive youth to manager their sensitivity to threat and anxiety.

experimental: Learning to manage your negative thinking

Cognitive behavioural intervention targeting pessimistic and negative thinking in hopeless youth

Interventions

Personality-targeted interventions

Motivational and cognitive behavioural interventions targeting four personality profiles. 2 90 minute group sessions with personality-matched peers facilitated by a trained therapist and co-facilitator

Personality-targeted interventions

Motivational and cognitive behavioural interventions targeting four personality profiles. 2 90 minute group sessions with personality-matched peers facilitated by a trained therapist and co-facilitator

Personality-targeted interventions

Motivational and cognitive behavioural interventions targeting four personality profiles. 2 90 minute group sessions with personality-matched peers facilitated by a trained therapist and co-facilitator

Personality-targeted interventions

Motivational and cognitive behavioural interventions targeting four personality profiles. 2 90 minute group sessions with personality-matched peers facilitated by a trained therapist and co-facilitator

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Binge drinking frequency [ Time Frame: Baseline - 4months ]
  • Change in Drinking frequency [ Time Frame: Baseline - 4 months ]
  • Change in Drinking quantity [ Time Frame: Baseline - 4 months ]
  • Change in Drinking problems [ Time Frame: Baseline - 4 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Eveline Perrier-Ménard, MD

514-345-4931eveline.perrier-menard@umontreal.ca

Locations

CHU Ste-Justine

Recruiting

Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5

Contacts

eveline.perrier-menard@umontreal.ca

More Information

Sponsor

St. Justine's Hospital

Last update posted

Jul 19, 2012

Last verified

Jul, 2012

Keywords

  • Adolescents
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Mental Disorders
  • Substance Use Problems
  • Prevention

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by St. Justine's Hospital on 2012-07-19.