Status:
UNKNOWN
The Efficacy of a Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention in Deliberate Self-Harm Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Leiden University Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
Conditions:
Self-Injurious Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
15-35 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the proposed cognitive-behavioural intervention is effective for DSH patients in the age group 15-35 years. In addition, we will examine which elements...
Detailed Description
1. The development of treatment interventions for non-fatal deliberate self-harm (DSH) among young people has received little attention in scientific literature and in mental health care. This is surp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DSH patients will be included if they recently have been engaged in an act of DSH including overdoses of medication, ingestion of chemical substances and self-inflicted injuries according to the definition which is used in the WHO/Euro Multicentre Study on parasuicide: "An act with non-fatal outcome in which an individual deliberately initiates a non-habitual behaviour, that without intervention from others will cause self-harm, or deliberately ingests a substance in excess of the prescribed or generally recognised dosage, and which is aimed at realising changes that the person desires via the actual or expected physical consequences" (Platt et al., 1992). In addition, only DSH patients aged 15-35 will be included.
Exclusion
- DSH patients with severe psychiatric disorders requiring intensive long-term psychiatric treatment, such as schizophrenia, will be excluded.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
March 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00169884
Start Date
March 1 2002
End Date
March 1 2007
Last Update
February 1 2006
Active Locations (2)
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1
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, Netherlands
2
MCH Westeinde
The Hague, Netherlands