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CBT Enhanced With Social Cognitive Training vs. CBT Only for Depressed Youth

This study is looking for young people aged 13 to 17 who are experiencing depression. It aims to see if adding social cognitive training (which helps with understanding others' perspectives) to standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can make treatment more effective. You would be randomly assigned to receive either CBT with this extra social cognitive training (CBTSCT) or CBT alone. Researchers will measure your social cognitive skills and depression symptoms after 12 weeks to see if the enhanced treatment helps more. The study plans to enroll 82 participants, but its current status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study where 82 participants will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your social cognitive abilities and depressive symptoms will be evaluated at the end of treatment and again at a 6-month follow-up.

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NCT05456035

CBT Enhanced With Social Cognitive Training vs. CBT Only With Depressed Youth

Recruiting
NAAges 13–17InterventionalTreatment
Vanderbilt University
~82 participants
Updated 2025-09-09 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Cognitive behavioral therapy plus social cognitive training (CBTSCT)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Faux Pas Recognition Test
Measured over after 12 weeks
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Depression

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Judy Garber

    Nashville, Tennesseestudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Who to contact

Judy Garber, PhD
[email protected]
615-330-5605
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Eligibility criteria

Exclusion

ever met criteria for a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism, or conduct disorder
current alcohol or substance use disorder with significant impairment
imminent risk of suicide
reading level \< 4th grade

What this trial measures

  • Faux Pas Recognition Testafter 12 weeks

    Faux Pas Recognition test (FPRT) measures the ability to identify and explain faux pas situations where a character unintentionally insults another person due to lack of knowledge about some key feature of the other character. FPRT contains 8 Faux Pas and 8 control stories without a faux pas. Stories are followed by 8 questions. Higher scores mean better theory of mind.

  • Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revisedafter 12 weeks

    In the R33 RCT, depression will be another primary outcome measured with the CDRS-R, which is a clinical interview with the parent and teen separately, about the youth's depressive symptoms during the last two weeks. Higher scores mean more depressive symptoms.