Brief Group-Based Resilience Training to Prevent Serious Mental Illness in High School Teens Aged 14 to 19

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are developing and testing a brief group-based behavioral treatment called Resilience Training for Teens. This program aims to help high school students aged 14 to 19 who have mild symptoms of depression, anxiety, or unusual feelings, to prevent the development of more serious mental illnesses. The study focuses on adolescents at risk and explores how well this intervention works as a preventative approach. Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups one group receives the Resilience Training for Teens, which consists of six group sessions, while the other group is placed on a one-year waitlist and does not participate in the training during that period. After the waitlist year, those participants are offered the chance to join the training. This study uses a parallel design with a single masking approach. Throughout the study, participants will be assessed using interviews and questionnaires to measure psychosis risk, behavior, and social and role functioning over one year. The main outcome is measured by the Structured Interview of Psychosis-risk Syndromes SIPS after one year. Secondary assessments include the Child Behavior Checklist and Global Functioning Social and Role Scales. The research team monitors participants mental health and functioning during this time to evaluate the interventions protective effects.

Development of a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Adolescents at Risk for Serious Mental Illness