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Youth Early-intervention Study (YES) - group interventions targeting social participation and physical well-being as an adjunct to treatment as usual: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Lillian Jean Gehue, Elizabeth Scott, Daniel Francis Hermens, Jan Scott, Ian Hickie

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Trial report in Trials, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Psychological interventions for psychosis in adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lillian Jean GehueClinical Research Unit, Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. gehue@icloud.com.
Elizabeth ScottClinical Research Unit, Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. escott@sydney.edu.au.
Daniel Francis HermensClinical Research Unit, Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. dhermens@sydney.edu.au.
Jan ScottAcademic Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. jan.scott@newcastle.ac.uk.
Ian HickieClinical Research Unit, Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Ian.hickie@sydney.edu.au.
University of Sydney · AUNewcastle University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt is increasingly acknowledged that clinical interventions for young persons with mental disorders need to optimize social, vocational and physical functioning, and take into account developmental needs, rather than focusing only on the traditional target of psychiatric symptom change. However, few interventions for youth presenting to mental health services offer a coherent rationale for multi-faceted approaches that efficiently address all these targets. This trial uses two facilitated group therapy modules (social and physical activity) as a vehicle for promoting clinical, cognitive, social and vocational change. The modules are an adjunct to usual treatments offered to youth attending mental health services in Sydney, Australia. METHODS/

designThe design is a 2-arm, parallel group cross-over, randomized clinical trial (RCT) that examines the efficacy of this adjunctive youth early intervention program (called "YES") for improving social, vocational, mental and physical health functioning in a trans-diagnostic sample of 120 young persons aged 14-25 years who are currently receiving a range of "usual treatments" for clinically diagnosed anxiety, affective and/or psychotic disorders. Individuals who provide written informed consent are offered 2 group therapy modules (each comprising 4 hours per week for 8 weeks) with a 3-week "pause" between modules. Randomization determines whether individuals commence with module A or module B. The sample will be assessed pre-randomization, and at week 1 and week 8 (after completion of the first module), and at week 11 (commencement of second module) and week 19 (completion of second module). Final follow-up is 1-year post trial entry. DISCUSSION: If the findings of this exploratory trial demonstrate benefits in the target domains, then it will be important to extend the research by undertaking: (a) a comparison of the YES program to a control intervention in a randomized controlled trial, (b) an explanatory study of putative mediators of change, and (c) a multi-center trial with a number of trained therapists offering the group modules combined with a longer follow-up period.

trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Controlled Trial Registration: ACTRN1262400175673 , Date: 16 July 2015.

Indexed as

Adolescent BehaviorMotor ActivityQuality of LifeSocial ParticipationAdolescentAdultAge FactorsClinical ProtocolsCross-Over StudiesEarly Medical InterventionExercise TherapyFemaleHealth StatusHumansMaleMental Disorders

Identifiers

PMID26243349
PMCPMC4525721
OpenAlexW1957357585

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