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My Avenue to HelP - Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment Compared to Management as Usual for Youths With Multiple Problems: a Non-Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial
Led by Pia Jeppesen · Updated on 2025-08-11
60
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
N/A
Total Duration
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Sponsors
P
Pia Jeppesen
Lead Sponsor
L
Lejre Municipality
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Researchers are evaluating a new way to support youths aged 12 to 17 years with multiple social and psychological challenges through a program called My Avenue to HelP (MAP). This non-randomized feasibility study aims to test whether cross-sector collaboration using Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) can be successfully implemented to help vulnerable young people. The study will run from 2025 to 2027 and involves assessing the acceptability and feasibility of this intervention for both participants and professionals. The MAP intervention involves a trained team from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and municipalities who work closely with each participant for one year. Each youth will have a Key-Worker and a Mentalizing Case Manager to provide weekly contact and support, integrating mentalization principles into their care network. The control group will receive management as usual, which includes standard treatment and some enhancements without the AMBIT-based collaboration. The intervention team meets weekly, and the broader support network coordinates monthly. Participants will complete online questionnaires assessing mental health and social functioning, and their progress will be monitored weekly through contact registrations. Researchers will evaluate recruitment success, treatment adherence, satisfaction, and reliability of social function measures. The study involves 60 youths from Region Zealand, with 40 receiving the MAP intervention and 20 as controls. The total participation period is one year, with follow-up assessments shortly after treatment concludes.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
My Avenue to helP - Adaptive Mentalization-based Integrative Treatment Compared to Management as Usual for Youths With Multiple Problems: a Non-Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Documented record of multiple problems defined as at least 2 of the following: absence from school or non-adherence to education; risk behaviors like alcohol or cannabis abuse, or repeated suicide attempts or self-harm requiring treatment; repeated visits at emergency, trauma, or acute wards; contact with police or legal justice system; homelessness within the last year.
- Age 12 to 17 years at time of inclusion.
- Strong indication of mental disorders defined as a diagnosis of a mental disorder.
- Written/signed informed consent from all legal guardians and oral consent from youths aged 15 years and older.
- Written/signed informed consent from youths themselves will be collected when they turn 18 during the study period.
You will not qualify if you...
- Indications of substantial intellectual disability corresponding to IQ below 50 or daily and social functions that do not enable participation in research.
- Not living in Region Zealand.
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
screening and enrollment visit
Duration - 1 year
Participants receive one year of treatment either with the MAP-intervention involving weekly contact with a keyworker and coordination within a professional network, or Management as Usual with standard care enhanced by research feedback to caseworkers.
At least weekly contact with the keyworker for MAP intervention participants; visit frequency may vary for Management as Usual participants
Duration - Approximately 2 weeks after treatment
Participants are assessed for treatment adherence and satisfaction within 2 weeks after the intervention ends.
1 follow-up visit
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department, Psychiatry Region Zealand
Roskilde, Region Sjælland, Denmark, 4000
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Research Team
P
Pia Jeppesen, Professor, MD
K
Kristine T Hansen, MD, ph.D-Student
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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