NCT03836846 - Social Media Use in Adolescents Admitted to a Psychiatric Unit | Crick

Overview

We will investigate the association between social media use and depression in adolescents admitted to a psychiatric unit and continue to follow their progress after discharge in outpatient clinic services. We expect improvement in their depressive symptoms by modifying social media use and adding a mental health app to further encourage the positive effects of social media.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Conditions

Depression Social Media Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

CBT Mobile AppBEHAVIORAL

TAU and the additional treatment of a Mental Health App (What's Up?). This app will be used to guide adolescents through cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance commitment therapy techniques, as well as to assist in developing coping mechanisms to prevent readmission.

Treatment as usualBEHAVIORAL

TAU as per standard of care

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 13 YearsMax age: 17 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Participants admitted to inpatient psychiatric unit * Kaiser insured participants between 13-17 years of age with parental consent * positive for social media use * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * pregnant * non English speaking

Locations (1)

Canyon Ridge Hospital

Chino, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Comparing depression scale,PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, Adolescent Version), with social media use

Compare presence and severity of depressive symptoms in treatment as usual (TAU) group with TAU and the mobile app intervention group. The presence and severity of depression will be determined using the PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, adolescent version), a 9-question depression scale that is based on the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria of depression and modified for teens to further inquire about other aspects of depression such as dysthymia, suicide risk, and other mental illnesses. The PHQ-9A scores each of the DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). Total depression severity score ranges of 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe.

Time frame: 1 month

Comparing depression scale,PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, Adolescent Version), with social media use

Compare presence and severity of depressive symptoms in treatment as usual (TAU) group with TAU and the mobile app intervention group. The presence and severity of depression will be determined using the PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, adolescent version), a 9-question depression scale that is based on the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria of depression and modified for teens to further inquire about other aspects of depression such as dysthymia, suicide risk, and other mental illnesses. The PHQ-9A scores each of the DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). Total depression severity score ranges of 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe.

Time frame: 3 months

Comparing depression scale,PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, Adolescent Version), with social media use

Compare presence and severity of depressive symptoms in treatment as usual (TAU) group with TAU and the mobile app intervention group. The presence and severity of depression will be determined using the PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, adolescent version), a 9-question depression scale that is based on the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria of depression and modified for teens to further inquire about other aspects of depression such as dysthymia, suicide risk, and other mental illnesses. The PHQ-9A scores each of the DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). Total depression severity score ranges of 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe.