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Treatment Effects of Family Based Cognitive Therapy in Children and Adolescents With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Sponsor: Anne Katrine Pagsberg
Summary
To investigate the benefits and harms, and the neural and neurocognitive mediators of treatment response, in family-based cognitive behavioural therapy versus family-based psychoeducation and relaxation training in children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder. The aim is to conduct this investigation in an optimal trial design with the lowest possible risk of bias.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
8 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
128
Start Date
2018-08-28
Completion Date
2027-12-31
Last Updated
2024-07-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Family Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Family Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (FCBT) focuses on the interrelation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, Exposure and Response Prevention, family involvement, homework assignments, and formulating of specific goals for the child. The important, active components is Exposure and Response Prevention. It involves exposing the child to a feared object, situation or thought, and preventing the child from carrying out compulsions to show the child that distress/anxiety can decrease or disappear without performing rituals.
Family Based Psychoeducation/Relaxation Training
Family-based Psychoeducation/Relaxation Training (FPRT) as an active control matches the experimental intervention as closely as possible, many elements of the control intervention are similar to FCBT. The main and intended difference between the two approaches is the absence of the Exposure and Response Prevention component, which is deemed the most effective treatment for OCD.
Locations (1)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Bispebjerg
Copenhagen, Denmark