protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06315075, orgStudyIdInfo id: 657876, briefTitle: Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Self-harm and Suicidal Behavior- an Open Trial, statusModule overallStatus: RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-01-15, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2025-12-31, completionDateStruct date: 2029-12-31, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-03-18, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-03-18, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: Haukeland University Hospital, class: OTHER, descriptionModule briefSummary: The goal of this pre-post-follow-up study is to examine how well the treatment Dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) with a duration of 20 weeks for adolescents with self-harm and suicidal behavior works in routine clinical practice. The main questions it aims to answer are:* to investigate how well DBT-A works after treatment and at 3-month follow-up, measured by episodes of self-harm, suicide attempts, depressive symptoms and quality of life, drop-out from treatment and number of possible participants who decline DBT-A.* to investigate how well DBT-A works at 12 months follow-up* to investigate whether pre-treatment factors can predict who will benefit from treatment, conditionsModule conditions: Self-harm, conditions: Suicidal Ideation, conditions: Suicide and Self-harm, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: NA, interventionModel: SINGLE_GROUP, interventionModelDescription: Single group, uncontrolled, pre-post-one year follow-up study, primaryPurpose: TREATMENT, maskingInfo masking: NONE, maskingDescription: An independent evaluator will assess participants at post treatment and one year follow-up. Due to the single group design, the assessor will be aware that participants have received the intervention, but will not be involved in recruitment and treatment., enrollmentInfo count: 140, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents (DBT-A), outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Lifetime Parasuicide Count Interview, primaryOutcomes measure: Number of participants in need of emergency department visits caused by suicidal behavior, secondaryOutcomes measure: Depressive symptom score measured by Short Mood and Feelings questionnaire (SMFQ), secondaryOutcomes measure: Health related quality of life measured by SCREENing for and Promotion of Health Related Quality of Life in Children an Adolescents (Kidscreen 10), secondaryOutcomes measure: Barriers to Treatment Participation Scale (BTPS) score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Perceived benefit of skills training in DBT-A measured by a study specific questionnaire., eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 13 Years, maximumAge: 18 Years, stdAges: CHILD, stdAges: ADULT, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: Dept. of child and adolescent psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, status: RECRUITING, city: Bergen, zip: 5021, country: Norway, contacts name: Gro Janne H. Wergeland, MD, PhD, role: CONTACT, phone: +47 48176828, email: gneh@helse-bergen.no, contacts name: Anne Mari Syversen, Psychol, role: CONTACT, phone: +4755975000, email: anne.mari.syversen@helse-bergen.no, geoPoint lat: 60.39299, lon: 5.32415, hasResults: False