Mindfulness and Relaxation Interventions in Individual Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents (MARS-CA)
Hyperkinetic Disorder, Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hyperkinetic Disorder focused on measuring Mindfulness-based intervention, Session-introducing interventions, Child and adolescent psychotherapy, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Therapeutic alliance, Depressive disorder, Hyperkinetic disorder, Anxiety disorder
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- A primary hyperkinetic disorder, depressive disorder or anxiety disorder diagnosis
- treatment at the Center for Psychological Psychotherapy, University of Heidelberg
Exclusion Criteria:
- age below 11 or above 19
- insufficient German language skills
- psychotic disorder
- acute suicidality
Sites / Locations
- Heidelberg UniversityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
Other
TAU + mindfulness intervention
TAU + relaxation intervention
Treatment as usual
The mindfulness-based intervention consists of three five to ten minutes session-introducing interventions (mindful walking, body scan, breathing space). At the beginning of each of the 24 therapy sessions patients receive one of the three mindfulness interventions. Each intervention is instructed for four sessions consecutively and eight sessions in total. After completion of the mindfulness intervention, the regular therapy session begins.
The relaxation interventions (progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), imagery journey, walking relaxation) are parallelized to the three mindfulness-based interventions. At the beginning of each of the 24 therapy sessions, patients receive one of the three relaxation interventions. Each intervention is instructed for four sessions consecutively and eight sessions in total. After completion of the relaxation intervention, the regular therapy session begins.
Standard cognitive behavior therapy treatment, based on the individualized case conception of the trainee therapist, is conducted during the whole treatment sessions. No particular session-introductions are applied.