Youth Experiences and Health (YEAH) Study - Psychological Symptoms and Resources As Predictors of Mental Health Among Treatment-seeking Adolescents

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (3) locations...
Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

This study aims to identify unusual experiences and psychiatric symptoms that indicate a heightened risk for severe mental disorders - especially psychoses. It is important to develop reliable questionnaire methods that are cost-effective in first-stage screening, leading to in-depth assessments and targeted care. However, existing psychosis-risk questionnaires are limited in content, intended for adults, and have been insufficiently tested for actual predictive value. Therefore we will collect a new, large dataset from an unselected group of adolescents entering psychiatric care in three major urban areas of Finland. Comprehensive national health care registers will be used to assess how well the selected experiences and symptoms predict the participants' mental health over the following few years.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 15
Maximum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Start of care in adolescent mental health clinic

Locations
Other Locations
Finland
HUS Helsinki University Hospital, adolescent psychiatry clinics
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Helsinki
Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District, Adolescent Mental Health Clinic
RECRUITING
Oulu
Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tays Central Hospital, Adolescent psychiatry clinic
RECRUITING
Tampere
Contact Information
Primary
Sebastian Therman, PhD
Sebastian.Therman@THL.fi
+358445405559
Backup
Jaana Suvisaari, MD, PhD
Jaana.Suvisaari@THL.fi
+358295248539
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-12-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 1000
Treatments
Participants
The adolescent psychiatric organizations of the Helsinki University Central Hospital (serving the capital region's 1.1 million inhabitants), the Tampere University Hospital (catchment area of 500.000 inhabitants), and the Oulu University Hospital (catchment area of 500.000 inhabitants) have agreed to implement the data collection as part of routine intake assessments for patients aged 15-17. All consenting patients are enrolled; the only exclusion criterion is a previous diagnosis of psychotic disorder.~The participants fill in psychiatric self-report questionnaires, and their structured diagnostic interview data are collected with their permission.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa
Leads: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov