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Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the current study is:

1. To evaluate the effectiveness of a habit reversal training (HRT) approach for children ages 7 to 17 years of age inclusive with a diagnosis of trichotillomania.

2. To explore factors that may relate to symptom severity, treatment outcome, and psychosocial impairment (e.g., specific symptom presence, co-morbidity, emotional regulation).


Clinical Trial Description

The purpose of this research study is to further investigate how well Habit Reversal Training (HRT) works to reduce hair-pulling symptoms in children and adolescents with trichotillomania (TTM).

All children will have the option to receive 8 weekly HRT sessions. Half of all children will be chosen at random to receive these sessions immediately following the pre-assessment and the remaining half will receive them after eight weeks (TAU condition). These sessions will focus developing skills for managing TTM and to decrease hair pulling. Such skills may include teaching your child to replace hair-pulling with another behavior. In the TAU condition, participants will seek the treatment in the community, with the option of receiving HRT treatment sessions at the end of the study.

Participants in both groups will undergo four assessments in total (1) Pre-Assessment; (2) Post-treatment Assessment; (3) One-month Follow-up; (4)Three-month Follow-up. These assessments will involve several interviews that ask about different psychological symptoms that your child experiences such as sadness, anxiety, and TTM. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT01445444
Study type Interventional
Source University of South Florida
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date September 2011
Completion date March 2016

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