Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills for Impulsive Aggression
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Alexandria University
- Where
- Egypt1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 66 people enrolled
- Started
- 7 May 2023
- Ended
- 18 May 2024
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Dialectical behavioral therapy skills for the intervention experimental group A
- psychoeducation or Atomoxetine or stimulants according to ADHD severity
- Record updated
- 19 September 2024
Who can take part
- Age
- 6 years to 13 years
- Sex
- Men only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patients from 6 to 13-year-old
- Patients diagnosed with ADHD and presented with impulsive aggression
- Commitment to therapy from the child and the parent
- Written consent of all the children parents
- Male gender
- Drug naïve or stopped medications for at least one month
Who cannot take part
- Patients diagnosed with drug abuse
- Drug induced aggression as levetiracetam, topiramate and benzodiazepines
- Patients with severe sensory impairment or intellectual disability
- Patients diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorder or psychotic disorders
- Patients younger than 6 years of age as it's the starting age for DBT-C
- Patients who dropped from DBT skills group (missing more than 3 consecutive sessions) whether the child or his parent
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This trial aims to Study the efficacy of DBT skills for impulsive aggression and executive dysfunctions in drug naïve children who are presented with impulsive aggression and ADHD and attending Child and adolescent clinic at Alexandria university hospitals using weekly group therapy for 8 month and testing pre and posttreatment biomarkers of aggression.
The 2 groups in the trial
- The intervention group (group A) DBT skillsTreatment being tested
Will attend Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills group for both the children and their parents, DBT is an evidence based comprehensive cognitive behavioral treatment for complex mental disorders and have been adapted for intractable behavioral disorders involving emotion dysregulation, skills will be provided in group therapy as fixed weekly sessions over 9-month duration for all the children and the parents in group A including: 1. Emotion regulation skills module over 8 weeks. 2. Mindfulness skills module over 3 weeks 3. Interpersonal effectiveness skills module over 7 weeks. 4. Distress tolerance skills module over 8 weeks. 5. Walking the middle path skills module over 3 weeks.
Treatment: Dialectical behavioral therapy skills for the intervention experimental group A
- the control group (group B)Existing treatment, for comparison
Will receive psychoeducation and medications targeting ADHD symptoms (stimulants or atomoxetine according to FDA approved dose per age and weight) according to the international guidelines for management of ADHD according to symptom severity, given that assessment before and after intervention will be done by different medical personnel than those providing the intervention for the two groups.
Treatment: psychoeducation or Atomoxetine or stimulants according to ADHD severity
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills for Impulsive Aggression in Children Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder At Alexandria University Hospitals
- Record updated
- 19 September 2024