Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatients: Self-reported Parent-adolescent Communication Quality an
The quality of parent-adolescent communication has been found to be associated with adolescent mental health. However, little is known about the association of parent-adolescent communication and adolescent mental health in the context of psychiatry inpatient treatment. This study aims to find out whether self-reported
| Condition(s) | Mental Disorder in Adolescence, Depression in Adolescence, Anxiety |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Study type | Observational |
| Summary | The quality of parent-adolescent communication has been found to be associated with adolescent mental health. However, little is known about the association of parent-adolescent communication and adolescent mental health in the context of psychiatry inpatient treatment. This study aims to find out whether self-reported parent-adolescent communication quality at the time of admission to psychiatry predicts the treatment outcome in terms of symptom reduction 6 months later in an adolescent inpatient sample. It also aims to track changes in adolescent self-reported communication quality in the course of inpatient treatment and afterwards (2, 4 and 6 months after admission) to see whether improvement predicts treatment outcome, with treatment outcome being defined as symptom reduction to basel |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Admission to inpatient care unit of the adolescent psychiatry at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe symptom burden at admission * Lack of knowledge of the German language. |
| Ages | 14 Years to 17 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Lead sponsor | Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf |
| Locations | Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany |
| Start date | 2024-07-08 |
| NCT ID | NCT06633458 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06633458 |