The purpose of this study was to better understand how African American families identify and treat emotional and behavioral concerns associated with depression in their adolescent youth. The goals of the study included (a) identifying factors associated with participation in psychiatric research and treatment and (b) developing an intervention to increase participation in psychiatric research and treatment.
The aim of this study was to obtain an in-depth understanding of African Americans' perceptions of barriers to adolescent and family engagement in psychiatric treatment and research utilizing a mixed methods approach in two Phases. Phase I consisted of data collected via surveys, focus groups and individual interviews with African American adults and youth. The data generated in Phase I provided a foundation for the domains incorporated into manual development and therapist training procedures of the subsequent intervention phase of the project (Phase II). After the research team developed the depression treatment engagement intervention, the intervention was pilot tested in a sample of depressed African American youth and families (Phase II)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
16
Patients received 2 sessions of an in-person talk based intervention utilizing culturally relevant Motivational Interviewing.
Duke Child and Family Study Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Attendance at First Depression Treatment Appointment
Patients were randomized to the intervention or a delayed control group. The primary outcome was bifurcated as yes or no to specify whether or not the patient attended the first available depression treatment appointment scheduled after he/she completed the AAKOMA protocol. The average time to attendance at the first session was approximately 3-4 weeks and during this intermediate time between completion of the protocol and initiation of treatment all patients were followed by study staff).
Time frame: Post completion of 2 session Motivational Interviewing (MI) intervention (approximately 3-4 weeks on average during which time study staff followed all patients)
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