Secured Internet-Mediated Psychotherapy With Psychiatry Patients - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs
Information provided by:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184340

Purpose

This is the second phase (Phase B) of the main project "Bank for Thoughts", which has the following aims:

Improvement of software for secured (encrypted and access-controlled) asynchronous text-based communication within health services. (Adjustments for use in psychiatry.)
Open clinical trials with Internet-mediated psychotherapy or counselling in out-patient child and adolescent psychiatry.
Development of indications and precautions for text-based Internet-mediated psychotherapy.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Psychiatric Disorders	Device: eTherapy	Phase I

MedlinePlus related topics: Child Mental Health Mental Health

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Case-Only, Retrospective
Official Title:	Secured Internet-Mediated Psychotherapy With Psychiatry Patients. Software Improvement, Clinical Trials and Development of Clinical Precautions

Further study details as provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

Biospecimen Retention: None Retained

Biospecimen Description:

Enrollment:	6
Study Start Date:	January 2004
Study Completion Date:	January 2006
Primary Completion Date:	January 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Intervention Details:

secured e-mail system between patient and therapist

Detailed Description:

This phase (Phase B) concentrates on qualitative evaluation of open clinical single case trials using asynchronous Internet-mediated text-dialogue for psychotherapeutic purposes.

Single patients in differing treatment phases, conditions, age and sex categories are interviewed after using Internet-contact as a supplementary tool in psychotherapy. Their therapists are interviewed as well.

The purpose is systematically gathering single-case experiences with the tool, to build a hypothesis for research and preliminary guidelines for experimental clinical use of Internet-mediated psychotherapy.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	10 Years to 30 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Clients in CAMH services

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Motivation for e-mail contact
Therapist evaluation for suitability

Exclusion Criteria:

Paranoia
Psychosis
Eating disorders
Addictive problems
Denying or concealing symptoms

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00184340

Locations

Norway
Child Psychiatry Department, Levanger Hospital
Levanger, Norway, N-7600
Child Psychiatry Department, St. Olav Hospital, Orkdal Site
Orkanger, Norway, N-7230

Sponsors and Collaborators

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs

Investigators

Study Director:

Tormod Rimehaug, Asst. Prof.

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Neuroscience, Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

More Information

Website for the project - in norwegian This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Responsible Party:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology ( associate professor Tormod Rimehaug )
Study ID Numbers:	FORSKPRO-ID p03000217
Study First Received:	September 13, 2005
Last Updated:	January 5, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184340
Health Authority:	Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data Services

Keywords provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

eTherapy supplementary

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Mental Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009