Randomized trial of transdiagnostic treatment and measurement-based care for adolescents with emotional disorders in community clinics
This article presents primary outcomes from the Community Study of Outcome Monitoring for Emotional Disorders in Teens, a two-site, randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Adolescents plus measurement-based care (UP-A), measurement-based care alone (TAU+), and treatment as usual (TAU) in community mental health clinics.
CHDI's Jamie LoCurto, PhD is a co-author on the study, which is one of the largest adolescent-focused, community-located psychotherapy trials in the United States.
Findings showed that transdiagnostic treatment plus measurement-based care and measurement-based care alone conferred some adolescent-reported symptom benefits compared with treatment as usual, although adolescents in all conditions exhibited improvements in anxiety and depression. Future directions for subsequent adolescent psychotherapy effectiveness trials for anxiety and depression are discussed.