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Multi-family Therapy and School Refusal: an Exploratory Study With Adolescents and Their Families

Key facts

Who runs it
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Where
France1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
Trial code
Status
Completed
People taking part
74 people enrolled
Started
12 Sept 2022
Ended
13 Mar 2025
Type of study
Observational, 2 groups
Treatments tested
  • Multi-family therapy
Record updated
20 May 2026

Who can take part

Age
12 years to 18 years
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Families with an adolescent
  • Aged 12 to 18
  • Totally out of school for more than 2 consecutive weeks and less than 18 months
  • Follow-up at the Maison de Solenn-Maison des Adolescents (Cochin Hospital AP-HP) for a school refusal
  • Having agreed to participate in a multi-family therapy
  • Domiciliation in Ile de France
  • Agreement of the parents and the adolescent to participate in the study: Collection of the non-opposition of non-emancipated minors and their legal representatives

Who cannot take part

  • any family situation that makes it impossible to bring parents and children together in family therapy
  • patient under curatorship or tutorship
  • patient with AME (french State Medical Aid)

This trial has no sites in United States.

It has sites in one country. Choose a country to see its sites.

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The purpose of this study is to determine whether multi-family therapy is effective in the treatment of school refusal with anxiety in adolescence.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Adolescents

    Treatment: Multi-family therapy

  • Parents

    Treatment: Multi-family therapy

Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Record updated
20 May 2026