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Behavioral Intervention

Episodic Future Thinking for Mental Health

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Julia Felton, PhD
Research Sponsored by Henry Ford Health System
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Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, 1 week, and 4 weeks
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Study Summary

This trial will study whether a low-cost, brief intervention can reduce parental delay discounting, which may lead to reducing child maltreatment and interrupting intergenerational cycles of substance abuse.

Eligible Conditions
  • Mental Health

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, 1 week, and 4 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 1 week, and 4 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in Consideration of Future Consequences Scale
Change in Delay Discounting 5 Trial Adjusted Measure
Secondary outcome measures
Change in Alabama Parenting Questionnaire Scores
Change in Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System Scores

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Episodic Future ThinkingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Parents who are receiving residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment will receive an adapted episodic future thinking focused condition. Parents will meet with peer recovery coaches (PRCs) who will administer the intervention, focused on generating future, pleasant events with their children. After the intervention session, parents will receive a daily postcard over the course of two weeks including a reminder cue generated as part of the episodic future thinking (EFT) intervention and a prompt to remember these episodes in vivid detail.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Episodic Future Thinking
2018
N/A
~450

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Henry Ford Health SystemLead Sponsor
300 Previous Clinical Trials
2,099,979 Total Patients Enrolled
University of Maryland, College ParkOTHER
155 Previous Clinical Trials
45,645 Total Patients Enrolled
University of KansasOTHER
147 Previous Clinical Trials
325,841 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
Child Abuse & NeglectJournal
Crossing the Line from Physical Discipline to Child Abuse: How Much Is Too Much?
Whipple, Ellen E., and Cheryl A. Richey. 1997. “Crossing the Line from Physical Discipline to Child Abuse: How Much Is Too Much?”. Child Abuse & Neglect. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(97)00004-5.
Behavioral NeuroscienceJournal
Living in the Moment: Effects of Time Perspective and Emotional Valence of Episodic Thinking on Delay Discounting.
Lin, Henry, and Leonard H. Epstein. 2014. “Living in the Moment: Effects of Time Perspective and Emotional Valence of Episodic Thinking on Delay Discounting.”. Behavioral Neuroscience. American Psychological Association (APA). doi:10.1037/a0035705.
Health PsychologyJournal
Changes in Delay Discounting, Substance Use, and Weight Status Across Adolescence.
Felton, Julia W., Anahí Collado, Katherine Ingram, Carl W. Lejuez, and Richard Yi. 2020. “Changes in Delay Discounting, Substance Use, and Weight Status Across Adolescence.”. Health Psychology. American Psychological Association (APA). doi:10.1037/hea0000833.
New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect ResearchJournal
<i>New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research</i>. <i>New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research</i>. National Academies Press, 2014. <i>Crossref</i>. Web. <https://doi.org/10.17226/18331>..
New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research. 2014. New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research. []. National Academies Press. doi:10.17226/18331.
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