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Middle School to High School Transition Project: Depression and Substance Abuse Prevention
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Study NCT00071513   Information provided by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First Received: October 24, 2003   Last Updated: September 22, 2008   History of Changes

October 24, 2003
September 22, 2008
March 2003
 
 
 
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Middle School to High School Transition Project: Depression and Substance Abuse Prevention
Middle School to High School Transition Project

This study will implement a school-based program to prevent depression, academic failure, and substance use in at-risk adolescents transitioning from middle school to high school.

The transition from middle school to high school presents important challenges for adolescents. Programs that enhance personal efficacy and social support resources may prevent at-risk students from developing behaviors that can lead to substance use, academic failure, and depression. This study will implement a skills-based program called Coping and Support Training for the Transition (CAST-T) as a preventive intervention for at-risk students.

At-risk students in eighth grade will be randomly assigned to receive either CAST-T or school as usual. The CAST-T program will initially be delivered in twelve sessions over 6 weeks in the middle school setting. The program includes booster sessions, case management, structured home-based parent education, and support and skills training throughout the transition period. Participants will be assessed from the beginning of eighth grade to the end of ninth grade. Vulnerability to academic problems and depression will be assessed with school records and self-report scale scores.

Phase I
Interventional
Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
  • Depression
  • Substance-Related Disorders
Behavioral: Coping and Support Training for Transition program
 
 

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Completed
400
June 2007
 

Inclusion Criteria:

  • At-risk for substance abuse, academic failure, and depression
  • Enrolled in eighth grade in Seattle Public Schools
  • English-speaking
Both
12 Years to 15 Years
Yes
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United States
 
NCT00071513
 
R01 MH61984, DSIR 84-CTP
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
 
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth McCauley, PhD University of Washington
Principal Investigator: Ann Vander Stoep, PhD University of Washington
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
September 2008

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