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Behavioral Intervention

Dialectical behavioral therapy skills training (DBT-ST) for Substance Use Disorder

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Lena C. Quilty, Ph.D.
Research Sponsored by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 30 days
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Summary

This trial will test how well a webapp called "Pocket Skills" helps people with substance abuse issues. The app will be given to some people right away, and others will be put on a waitlist.

Eligible Conditions
  • Substance Use Disorder
  • Alcoholism

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~30 days
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 30 days for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Severity of Dependence Scale
Secondary outcome measures
Daily Drinking Questionnaire (DDQ)
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, Short Form (DERS-SF; Kaufmann et al., 2015)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) Scale
+6 more
Other outcome measures
Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ; Devilly & Borkovec, 2000)
Treatment Acceptability Questionnaire (TAQ; Hunsley, 1992)

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Immediate TreatmentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Pocket Skills is a dialectical behavior therapy skills training (DBT-ST) webapp that includes video lessons, an interactive chatbot AI coach, and in-app exercises to practice DBT skills. The delivery of the app intervention will be primarily monitored for one month, but followed for up to 3 months, and will be supplemented with a walk through manual and links to DBT worksheets. The intervention will be delivered in conjunction with treatment as usual which includes standard psychosocial care (e.g., assessments, group, and individual programming) as part of the Addictions Program or greater community.
Group II: Waitlist and Delayed TreatmentActive Control1 Intervention
Waitlist control whereby outpatients or members of the community will wait 1 month (4 weeks) to receive the intervention and then receive the Pocket Skills webapp for the subsequent 2 months (8 weeks). The waitlist period and subsequent intervention will be delivered in conjunction with treatment as usual which includes standard psychosocial care (e.g., assessments, group, and individual programming) as part of the Addictions Program.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Dialectical behavioral therapy skills training (DBT-ST)
2021
N/A
~80

Find a Location

Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Missouri, St. LouisOTHER
14 Previous Clinical Trials
2,583 Total Patients Enrolled
Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthLead Sponsor
359 Previous Clinical Trials
81,483 Total Patients Enrolled
Lena C. Quilty, Ph.D.Principal InvestigatorCampbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH
1 Previous Clinical Trials
200 Total Patients Enrolled
~20 spots leftby Aug 2025
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