The Effects of Logotherapy in Adolescents With Mood Disorders

Conditions studied

Mood Disorder of Depressed Type

About this study

Logotherapy can help people find their meaning in life and help people reduce their suicidal ideation. Suicide was the second leading cause of death for 15-24 year-olds. Logotherapy can increase exploration of meaning in life for adolescents and prevent them from attempting suicide. However, most research only explored the effects of logotherapy on meaning in life and depression in adolescents with mood disorders. There is a lack of research to explore the effects of logotherapy on anxiety and suicidal ideation in adolescents. Therefore, this study will explore the effects of logotherapy on meaning in life, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation in adolescents with mood disorders. This study will carry on for two years and the sample will be recruited from the adolescents' outpatient clinic of psychiatric department in hospitals. The first and second year of the study will use a single-blind randomized controlled trial approach, the aim is to evaluate the short-term and longitudinal effects of logotherapy meaning in life, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation in adolescents with mood disorders, the sample will collect 120 adolescents with mood disorders, and will use four instruments for testing the logotherapy intervention. The four instruments are: (1) Purpose in life Test, (2) Beck Depression Inventory II, (3) Beck Anxiety Inventory, (4) Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. Data will be analyzed using the Statistic Package for the Social Science. The result of this study will be applied to the mental health team in the clinical psychiatric department for taking care of patients, and help adolescents with mood disorders to find their meaning in life, further, to reduce their depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation.

Interventions

• Other: logotherapy — The logotherapy is carried out in an individual way in this study. The full-time assistant will give the experimental group 3 months of logotherapy intervention by interviewing with the participant, once every two weeks, about 1-2 hours each time, a total of 6 times of logotherapy to guide the participant to find the meaning of his life and value.The location is mainly in the hospital when the participant has to return for consultation, or at the participant's home.

Primary outcomes

• Purpose in life Test-1 (pre-test (before intervention))
• Purpose in life Test-2 (post-test 1 (the week after the intervention))
• Purpose in life Test-3 (post-test 2 (three months after the intervention))
• Purpose in life Test-4 (post-test 3 (nine months after the intervention))
• Beck Depression Inventory II-1 (pre-test (before intervention))
• Beck Depression Inventory II-2 (post-test 1 (the week after the intervention))
• Beck Depression Inventory II-3 (post-test 2 (three months after the intervention))
• Beck Depression Inventory II-4 (post-test 3 (nine months after the intervention))

Eligibility information

Study locations

• Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Niaosong District 833 Taiwan