Preventing Anxiety Disorders in Youth - Full Text View

Purpose

This study will determine the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral therapy program in preventing anxiety disorders in at-risk children.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Anxiety Disorders	Behavioral: Cognitive behavior therapy	Phase I

MedlinePlus related topics:

Anxiety

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Official Title:	Community Violence and Youth: Preventing Anxiety Disorders

Further study details as provided by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):

Estimated Enrollment:	200
Study Start Date:	December 2001

Detailed Description:

Community violence is a major public health problem in low-income, urban communities. The mental health impact of living in a violent community is significant, particularly for children. Community violence exposure is associated with various symptoms of anxiety. Unfortunately, little research on the prevention of community-related anxiety in youth has been conducted. This study involves a school-based prevention and cognitive behavioral therapy program that will involve predominantly African American children who live in urban areas and are at risk for developing anxiety disorders.

Children in this study will be randomly assigned to either an anxiety prevention and early intervention group or a nonintervention group for approximately 3 months. Child, parent, and teacher assessments of anxiety symptoms will be made at the end of the study and at a 6-month follow-up visit.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	8 Years to 12 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Mild exposure to community violence
Mild to moderate anxiety symptoms or disorders
Attending public elementary school in an urban area

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00073619

Locations


United States, Maryland
	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Recruiting
	Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
	Contact: Dana Darney 410-614-4883 ddarney@jhsph.edu
	Principal Investigator: Michele R. Cooley, PhD

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	R21 MH63143, DSIR CT-P
First Received:	December 2, 2003
Last Updated:	November 17, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00073619
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):

Violence

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Anxiety Disorders

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Pathologic Processes

Disease

Mental Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 03, 2008

Sponsored by:	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Information provided by:	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00073619