Can a weekly skills group help teens at risk for psychosis?
NCT ID NCT05398120
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a weekly skills group is practical and helpful for teens aged 13-18 who are at clinical high risk for psychosis. The group combines two types of therapy to teach coping and social skills. Researchers will track attendance, satisfaction, and quality of life over 6 months in 30 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Skills group combining cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a practical, low-cost way to help teens at risk for psychosis manage stress and improve daily life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 30 participants. It is not designed to prove the group works, only that it can be run. Results may not apply to all teens.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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13 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Participant Inclusion Criteria: * 13-18 years of age * Meet criteria for clinical high-risk syndrome (i.e., at clinical high risk for developing a psychotic disorder). CHR status is determined based off of scoring a 3 (moderate) - 5 (severe) on the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes and/or having a first degree relative with psychotic disorder and/or the individual meets criteria for schizotypal personality disorder. Additionally individuals with a brief intermittent psychotic symptoms can be included as well (e.g., frankly psychotic symptoms that are very brief) * Individuals must be enrolled in the HOPE team at the University of Pittsburgh since this group is embedded within that service Participation Exclusion Criteria: * Group member meeting criteria for a current/past psychotic disorder Inclusion Criteria for Parents or Legal Guardians: * Must be the parent, legal guardian of a 13-18 year-old * For parents of CHR adolescents, their adolescent must meet criteria for a psychosis-risk syndrome
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bellefield Towers
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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