Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills for Impulsive Aggression

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

This trial aims to Study the efficacy of DBT skills for impulsive aggression and executive dysfunctions in drug naïve children who are presented with impulsive aggression and ADHD and attending Child and adolescent clinic at Alexandria university hospitals using weekly group therapy for at least 10 month and testing pre and posttreatment biomarkers of aggression.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Alexandria University
• Treatments: Atomoxetine Hydrochloride

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients from 6 to 13-year-old.

• Patients diagnosed with ADHD and presented with impulsive aggression.

• Commitment to therapy from the child and the parent.

• Written consent of all the children parents.

• Male gender.

• Drug naïve or stopped medications for at least one month.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients younger than 6 years of age as it's the starting age for DBT-C.

• Patients who dropped from DBT skills group (missing more than 3 consecutive sessions) whether the child or his parent.

• Patients diagnosed with drug abuse.

• Patients with severe sensory impairment or intellectual disability.

• Drug induced aggression as levetiracetam, topiramate and benzodiazepines.

• Patients diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorder or psychotic disorders.