Preliminary Investigation of a Novel Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Curriculum on the Wellbeing of Middle Schoolers.

Conclusions: This pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of rapid and broad implementation of the intervention. Preliminary analyses showed no indication of effectiveness which may be the product of the intervention being in an interim stage during the study period and/or the retrospective design and limitations in data quality. Specifically, these results suggest that the WBRS may be a suboptimal instrument for measuring the effectiveness of this intervention. A prospective trial of the complete, revised curriculum with validated measures is required to provide an adequately assessment of its impact.
PMID: 32405309 [PubMed]

Source: Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sinyor M, Hawes D, Rector NA, Cheung AH, Williams M, Cheung C, Goldstein BI, Fefergrad M, Levitt AJ, Schaffer A Tags: J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Source Type: research