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This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of a psychotherapeutic intervention, the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA), to address the mental health needs of children and adolescents age 8-17 who have been affected by armed conflict in Kachin State, Myanmar. The 10-12 week talk-based counseling treatment, delivered by community mental health workers, will be evaluated against a wait-list control group. This project follows on a recently completed trial of CETA for adult trauma survivors from Myanmar along the Thai-Myanmar border which found that CETA was acceptable, accessible, and effective in improving mental health and functioning of adults. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention will be similarly effective for improving the mental health and functioning of children and adolescents.


Clinical Trial Description

The Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) is a trans-diagnostic psychotherapeutic intervention.

Results from qualitative interviews following the randomized controlled trial (RCT) of CETA for adults (IRB # 00003601) and during the scale-up of CETA services have indicated that there is a major need for mental health services for children and adolescents in Myanmar, as currently there are no evidence-based psychotherapy services for children and adolescents in the country. Specifically, since the initial trial the research team has received requests from community-based organizations to implement CETA for children and adolescents in Kachin language-speaking communities in northern Myanmar. Local partners and the Applied Mental Health Research group (AMHR) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) believe that CETA is amenable for use with children and adolescents and that this population would benefit in similar ways to adults. A qualitative study has since been conducted (IRB# 00006933), and the data used to develop and validate an assessment instrument with children and adolescents in Kachin state (IRB# 00006929).

The JHU research team will work with the local partner organization, Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), to implement this project. KBC is a well-established community-based organization that currently provides emergency relief services to approximately 20,000 displaced Kachin people living in 42 camps. Their community outreach activities are non-denominational.

Participants will mostly be accessed through schools and in partnership with the local implementing partner. Their teachers, secondary caregivers and persons from the local partner organization who work with them regularly - all of whom are involved in the study as key community informants - will identify and refer the potential child/adolescent participants for screening into the study. Screening will otherwise be open to all children/adolescents, and those who are eligible will be asked to participate in the trial. Informed consent will be obtained from the parent/guardian and informed assent from the child. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive CETA immediately or be put on a waitlist to receive treatment later.

Counselors will be current employees of the local partner organization who have participated in a 2-week initial training followed by 8-10 weeks of supervised practice. Counselors will receive weekly clinical supervision for the duration of the trial.

During the RCT, 10-12 weekly CETA sessions will be delivered individually in private spaces either at schools, homes, or in the community. In most cases, the children are living in the camps with their parents/guardians. Counselors will also follow-up with control children on a weekly basis to assess their symptoms using a client monitoring form. Both treatment and control participants will be reassessed using the same assessment instrument following the treatment period. ;


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NCT number NCT03075475
Study type Interventional
Source Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Status Terminated
Phase N/A
Start date June 1, 2017
Completion date January 8, 2018

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